[This story, translated from the Yiddish by Miriam Udel, is the third in a series of Yiddish holiday tales for children that will run throughout the Jewish year 5785. Udel prefaces each story with an ...

Pictures of the hostages and the color yellow are frequent displays in the temporary booths for the for Sukkot holiday. TEL AVIV — When she was preparing her Passover seder in April, Shlomit Sattler ...

For centuries, Jews have symbolically invited the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to their sukkahs. More recently, many have made a custom of inviting Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, too. This ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural materials like palm fronds, tree branches or reeds typically create the top of the sukkah. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ...

As the seasons change from summer to fall and families spend more time inside, the Jewish community of South Florida will celebrate the annual holiday of Sukkot by heading outdoors. Sukkot, also known ...

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Five days after Yom Kippur, many of those in the Jewish faith start celebrating another major holiday called Sukkot. Personally, I really enjoy this holiday because it merges two things that are ...

(JTA) When she was preparing her Passover seder in April, Shlomit Sattler set a symbolic seat for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who lived in her Jerusalem neighborhood before he was taken hostage by Hamas.

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — When she was preparing her Passover seder in April, Shlomit Sattler set a symbolic seat place for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who lived in her Jerusalem neighborhood before he was taken ...