It's the most wonderful time of the year. And for once, the most wonderful day. You can thank a Jewish Leap Year and other calendrical quirks. Christmas and Hanukkah are coming. On the same date. This ...

In the secular calendar, a new month begins in the middle of the moon’s cycle. In the Jewish calendar, a new month begins with the new moon. The Hebrew word for month is chodesh which also means ...

The Jewish calendar is filled with well-known holidays—most people have heard of Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah and Passover even if they don’t celebrate them. But every May, Jewish American Heritage Month ...

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. is widely considered the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It is being observed this year from around sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 1, until after nightfall ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- This year, the evening of Wednesday, January 24, corresponds to the fifteenth day of the Jewish month of Shevat, which signifies a lesser known but fascinating Jewish holiday known ...

Calling all Jews who love to love! Tu B’Av, the Jewish day of love, is upon us once again. Observed every year on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av, this year the holiday begins Friday, Aug. 8 at ...

Nearly three weeks ago, I wrote of the saddest period in the annual Jewish calendar. This Saturday night and Sunday will mark the apex of tragedy. It is the Ninth Day of the Hebrew month of Av — ...

June 1 is the beginning of Pride Month — here are nine ways the New York Jewish community is celebrating. As June rolls in, so does Pride Month — a 30-day celebration of the LBGTQ community and its ...