Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape from destruction recorded in the Book of Esther. Haman, an early Hitler in ...

The BBC has issued a correction and apology for a documentary by its Arabic service that claimed Jews spit on Christians as part of a holiday ritual The correction followed complaints about a caption ...

After curating art shows at Brown RISD Hillel in his sophomore year, Jake Sheykhet ’25 took his artistic ability to Wriston Quad with a sukkah installation for the Sukkot holiday. Sukkot is an ancient ...

Sukkot is uniquely referred to in the Torah as the "holiday of joy." Even Passover, which commemorates freedom from slavery, isn’t called the "festival of joy" – because freedom alone isn’t ...

Sukkot holiday inspires social action By: Sharon Chisvin Posted: 2:00 AM CDT Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 Advertisement Tweet Share Print Email ...

Palm Beach Synagogue marks the Sukkot holiday by constructing a sukkah on its campus The sukkah is a temporary outdoor building at the heart of Sukkot, which celebrates the fall harvest and God's ...

Personally, I really enjoy this holiday because it merges two things that are important to me: plants and the weather. Sukkot is a seven-day festival and a very sacred holiday for many Jews.

On Wednesday evening, members of Jews for Ceasefire Now erected a “ Gaza Solidarity Sukkah ” on the Quiet Green to mark the week-long holiday of Sukkot, one of the Jewish High Holy Days. A sukkah is a ...

The spirit of Sukkot is in sharp contrast to the holiday that immediately precedes it: Yom Kippur, which calls upon Jews to make somber atonement for their sins.

Lubavitch of Wisconsin will celebrate the Jewish holiday Sukkot with a street party this weekend. The group will host its Sukkot festival on Oct. 20 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Green Bay Ave. and Green ...

On Sukkot, we long for — and through our sacrifices actualize in some small capacity — the words of God prophesied by Isaiah that we sing at the climax of our High Holiday services, “My ...