Jewish Holidays

Biblical texts present Jerusalem as a concrete city and also begin to develop it as an abstract symbol.

Tensions exist between national observance and private remembrance on Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day.

The importance of Israel for Jews who do not live there.

Remembering Jerusalem permeates Jewish belief, thought, and practice in profound and powerful ways.

The Conservative movement's creation of this scroll is the latest attempt in contemporary Judaism to create a liturgy for Yom Hashoah.

The fast that precedes the holiday of Purim.

Judaism has communal fasts that are not on the yearly calendar and numerous occasions when individuals may choose to fast.

Fast days are acknowledged in the synagogue liturgy.

The newest holiday on the Jewish calendar celebrates the reunification of Israel's capital.

The celebration of Israeli independence is marked each year on the fifth day of the Hebrew month of Iyar.