National holiday

Trump: 'I'm bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes'

Columbus Day is celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.

'First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World' painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862).
Reza Pahlavi, activist, advocate and oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, speaks at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on October 22, 2024.

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 Group people have a dinner Christmas party at home.

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 People take part in a celebration on the traditional Ivana Kupala (Ivan the Bather) holiday in Kiev, Ukraine July 6, 2018.

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Remembering the 5th of November

Every November 5, the British celebrate Guy Fawkes Day by burning Fawkes in effigy.

 AN early impression of Fawkes.

Why the fourth of July should be celebrated by everyone

The Fourth of July should be honored, respected and celebrated as a beacon of hope for mankind, a covenant not only with God, but with humanity.

‘Declaration of Independence’ by John Trumbull, 1818

Biden signs Juneteenth bill, creating holiday marking US slavery's end

Biden said the day is a reminder of the "terrible toll that slavery took on the country and continues to take."

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden talks about the status of coronavirus vaccinations at the White House on Tuesday.

Thousands take part in Birkat Kohanim for first time since COVID

This marks the first time that a priestly blessing event at this capacity has occurred since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak.

Blessing at the Western Wall

Deputy minister calls for Sigd to be celebrated by all Jews

‘We did not invent the wheel. We kept one of the most important days in the history of the people of Israel, no less than Yom Kippur’

Sigd holiday, November 16, 2020

Shavuot in American history

By being confirmed on Shavuot, a teenager in the 1940s was receiving and accepting the Torah as one of the chosen people.

‘Moses the Prophet’ by artist Arthur Szyk, 1918

Coronavirus cause for lackluster Middle Eastern Newroz celebrations

Across the Middle East the traditional events have been cancelled but nevertheless people are actively remembering better times in the past and hoping for next year’s celebrations free from the virus

People gather to celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Istanbul

Business umbrella group calls to cancel national election holiday

Protesting the estimated NIS 1.5b. cost of an additional paid holiday, the group published an advertisement in Hebrew-language newspapers, declaring: "We are fed up with funding your elections!"

 An advertisement by the Presidium of Israeli Business Organizations, published December 4, 2019

Cats of Jerusalem have a purr-fect holiday

A JERUSALEM alley cat.

On Ze’ev Jabotinsky Day: Who is this iconic Revisionist Zionist leader?

Some background ahead of Jabotinsky Day

Ze’ev Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism