Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks,” has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven ...

Rabbi Daniel Bouskila is the international director of the Sephardic Educational Center.

It was the collision of Israel’s past with its present and future. The offerings may have been meager. The dairy dishes ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster unpacks the Jewish perspective of Shavuot - the festival known to ...

Mijal and Noam explore why Shavuot often feels like the “forgotten” Jewish holiday. Is it just about cheesecake, or is there ...

Shavuot, the holiday that celebrates the Jewish people receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, begins this year at sunset on ...

As the holiday of Shavuot approaches, families in Lancaster are preparing to honor one of the most meaningful events on the ...

In gratitude for liberating us from Egypt, we agreed to be God’s eternal covenant partners.The post Chosen for what? A post-Shavuot reflection appeared first on JNS.org.

The first grand-scale “redemption of the first-born sons” happens in Bamidbar, which means “In the wilderness.” Bamidbar is ...

Throughout the American story, Ruth has reverberated, reminding us, then and now – as we read her eponymous book once more on ...

Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot. Authorities say a man threw two incendiary devices into a group holding one ...