Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism and is dedicated to reflection, repentance, and atonement. It occurs ten days after the Jewish New Year and concludes the period of moral self-examination.

My last semester of college, I had an Alvin Ailey phase. My time in Philadelphia was rapidly coming to a close and I felt an urge to make it to as many of the performing arts venues in the city as I ...

The Yalkut Divrei Yosef (Succos) remarks that this is why Succos, in particular, is a time of great rejoicing—more so than ...

For one thing, I believe we set the bar too high. Two common areas for resolutions, for example, are diet and exercise.

REFLECTIONS TODAYObserving how the disciples of John the Baptist and of the Pharisees are accustomed to fast, some people object and ask Jesus why his ...

When the rabbi’s father died, the imam attended shiva, the formal Jewish mourning processes and house of prayers to pay his respects in a room filled with Orthodox Jews. And in the wake of Oct 7, ...

Bombay Duck is a rigorously researched, delightfully anecdotal history of food in Bombay/Mumbai that is as colourful and cosmopolitan as the city itself.

Eight hundred boys, Hungarian Jews aged between 13 and 17, were marched in driving rain from Block 11 at Auschwitz-Birkenau ...

A new exhibition at Yad Vashem highlights the extraordinary efforts made, often at risk of death, to preserve and mark the ...

When is Three Kings Day? Three Kings Day, or Epiphany, is celebrated by Roman Catholics on Jan. 6, as the culmination of the 12 days of Christmas. Although the birth of Jesus is celebrated on ...

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