The Torah is described as the Tree of Life, and there is a legend that Mount Sinai once was a “green mountain” covered with ...

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 ...

Even after the holiday officially ended, celebrations continued at the Western Wall. Pilgrims lingered at the site, singing ...

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

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.

Russia and Ukraine said they had agreed at peace talks on Monday to exchange more prisoners of war and return the bodies of ...

Faith Time is our weekly conversation on matters of faith. And joining us this morning is Rabbi Steven Silberman with ...

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

Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot.