Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shavuot, which means "weeks" in Hebrew, is probably the most important Jewish holiday non-Jews have never heard of, commemorating ...

Shavuot, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the giving and receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, begins this year on the evening of Tuesday, June 11. During the course of the two-day holiday, Jews ...

Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot. Authorities say a man used a flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into a ...

A slice of berry cheesecake (Photo by Suzy Hazelwood Courtesy of Pexels) Shavuot, or Shvues, is a wonderfully Jewish holiday. It celebrates the day that Moses received the Ten Commandments atop Mount ...

It is customary on the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, to stay up all night in study sessions. Study becomes even more joyful when taking place ...

When Jews disagree, it’s a family quarrel. That’s the premise underlying this story of two cousins at odds, drawn from Zina Rabinowitz’s 1958 story collection Der liber yontef (Our Precious Holidays).

Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah... most non-Jewish people have at least a vague idea of what those Jewish holidays commemorate, celebrate or honor. But how about Shavuot, the "Feast of Weeks?" ...

Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot. Authorities say a man used a flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into a ...

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