Thanksgiving

Bibi's pardon request rocks Israeli politics, Thanksgiving reflections - podcast

Netanyahu’s pardon bid, Israel’s measles surge, Satmar visit, and Thanksgiving in Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Dispatch
NO NEED to stand – just lower yourself onto a burnt umber couch.

AMIT educational network hosts Thanksgiving event at Jerusalem's Inbal Hotel

An Easy Jet airline's Airbus A320-214 passenger aircraft, coming from Glasgow, lands at Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport, in Malaga, Spain, June 29, 2024.

Global airlines race to fix Airbus A320 glitch as recall disrupts travel worldwide

Alexander Rapaport, the executive director of Masbia, and Louis Solomon, the president of Congregation Shearith Israel, on November 27, 2025.

America’s oldest Jewish congregation launches a kosher food pantry on the Upper West Side


We need Thanksgiving more than ever this year

In many respects, Thanksgiving is to Americans what Passover is for Jews. And both holidays build bridges across deep divides.

Thanksgiving dinner is coming

Amid coronavirus, New Yorkers line up for free Thanksgiving turkey

Food banks nationwide are squeezed between short supplies and surging demand from needy families as the coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work.

TOM THE Turkey floats by Macy’s during New York City’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, spreading holiday cheer.

What to cook for an Israeli-inspired Thanksgiving

When Middle East cuisine meets American tradition.

Stuffed pumpkin

Grapevine November 8, 2020: A stellar turnout for MDA

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JOE BIDEN, flanked by (from left) Greer Fay Cashman, Sarah Davidovich and other admirers.

Thankfulness is a basic human virtue

Today’s schools focus on teaching the whole child: heart, soul and mind. There is even a focus on spirituality in our schools. God has finally made it into the curriculum!

Competing for kindness

Black Friday sees fewer shoppers in stores as spending moves online

Spot checks on the ground showed there were fewer shoppers this year as retail chains started offering discounts earlier than usual to make up for a shorter holiday season this year.

Black Friday

Lone soldiers celebrate Thanksgiving with AJC Jerusalem

"This dinner is an opportunity for us to say thank you to those soldiers who made a huge sacrifice for the country, and make them feel at home, as much as we can."

AJC 17th annual Thanksgiving dinner

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The parade is set to go ahead after weather concerns earlier on Thursday.

The Pikachu balloon make its way down 6th Ave during the 91st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 23, 2017

WATCH: How much do Israelis know about Thanksgiving?

Something about Pilgrims and a turkey, nachon?

TOM THE Turkey floats by Macy’s during New York City’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, spreading holiday cheer.

As Ethiopian Jews celebrate Sigd, we’re still fighting for inclusion

Ethiopian Israelis continue to be subjected to ongoing formal and informal discrimination in the areas of religion, education, employment, housing and health.

Ethiopian-Jews marking the Holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem on November 27 2019