What Shavuot teaches about Israel’s haredi military service debate
On Shavuot, we recenter Torah study as our supreme value, even as we divert some of its precious human resources toward protecting our people and defending our land.
Jewish Holidays
Shavuot, Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US
Shavuot 2026: Why the Torah still matters in the age of AI and technology
Six Israeli hiking trails and natural sites to reconnect with nature this Shavuot
Sukkot 2025: ‘How beautiful was the journey’
And this harmony – between the beauty of nature and the peaceful heart of the Jew who trusts in God and thanks Him for all the good – this is the very essence of Sukkot.
Yom Kippur: Kol Nidre – the prayer of everyone
Whoever you are, whatever your year has been, the community proclaims: Anu matirin lehitpallel im ha-avaryanim. Tonight, we permit ourselves to pray together.
Yom Kippur: The end or the beginning?
The Talmud identifies Yom Kippur as one of the two happiest days in the year (along with the 15th of Av).
Shabbat Shuva: A call to return
Shabbat Shuva is not merely a pause between two holy days. It is a bridge – between past and future, sin and forgiveness, exile and redemption.
Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US
See Shabbat times for your area.
High Holy Days: Heeding the Rosh Hashanah call for Shiloh and Jerusalem
We are with God and with ourselves, in belief and in actions, as the Jewish people, the Jewish nation, rooted on our soil, despite words spoken at the Emmy Awards stage.
Rosh Hashanah 2025: Your guide to the Jewish new year holiday - explainer
Rosh Hashanah kicks off the Jewish calendar year and starts the High Holy Days and the Days of Repentance. Here is everything you need to know about it.
How holiday cards shaped American High Holy Day culture
The Jewish greeting card at its peak bound together the family with memory and Jewish tradition.
National Library reunites 15th-century Portuguese mahzor ahead of Rosh Hashanah
Known as the Lisbon mahzor, the manuscript was most likely written in the eponymous city of Lisbon, Portugal, during the second half of the 1400s.
Rosh Hashanah: State of God in our world, 2025
On Rosh Hashanah, we pray that God will enter our world and make His presence unmistakable – for those who strive to push Him away, and for those who have yet to open their eyes to Him.
