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

Spring is here, even if it doesn't feel like it, which means Passover is just around the corner. It's one of the most important Jewish holidays of the year. Passover, or "Pesach" in Hebrew, is ...

CINNAMINSON, N.J. (WPVI) -- Jewish families in one New Jersey community are upset that their religious holidays are no longer on the school calendar. "The High Holidays are generally regarded as the ...

Providers have reported survey agencies starting routine inspections on Jewish high holidays in recent weeks. (Photo: pamela_d_mcadams/Getty Images) A major aging services group representing dozens of ...

Mayor Karen Bass and Police Chief Jim McDonnell said on Saturday that safety measures were being taken to protect Jewish communities across Los Angeles in advance of upcoming Jewish holidays. "Any and ...

Beginning Monday evening, Evanston Jewish communities will celebrate the start of the High Holidays and usher in the Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah — a time of introspection and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel from Chabad of Nashville practices the sounding of the shofar as he prepares for their Shofar in the Park ...

The Chabad Center of Lancaster hosted Rosh Hashanah services Monday. The Jewish New Year celebration, which was free and open to the wider local Jewish community, kicks off High Holiday season.

My daughter-in-law recently asked me what I looked forward to during the upcoming Jewish holidays. “Nothing!” I replied, “I dread them.” When I think about any Jewish holiday, all I can think about is ...

The Brazilian city of Sao Paulo – which has more than 11 million people – declared Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Ramadan as official holidays. Jewish and Muslim municipal workers may take two days off ...