Why some synagogues use paper-cuts as decorations, how Israelis celebrate with water, and other lesser-known facts about this springtime holiday.

This morning, I went crazy in Crown Heights. If you’re a first-born child, the way I am, today should have ...

Today at the office, we were talking about traditional Rosh Hashanah food. Black-eyed peas, primarily as a Sephardic custom, came ...

A perfect way to use up hard-boiled eggs and herbs from the Seder.

Many of us know that Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel walked with Martin Luther King Jr. at the Selma Civil Rights ...

In 2026, Shavuot begins at sunset on Thursday, May 21 and ends at sundown on Saturday, May 23.

This essay is reprinted with the permission of Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.With Tu Bishvat coming up, ...

Planning to attend a Jewish wedding this summer? Here are Jewish gift ideas–some creative, some traditional–that probably aren’t on the ...

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Our family has served two kinds of charoset for the past decade — while nothing can take the place of ...