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Your Guide to Jewish Holidays

The three categories of Jewish holidays, celebrations and commemorations.

Yom Haatzmaut

Yom Ha’atzmaut: Israel Independence Day

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

Yom HaShoah

Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Memorial Day

This annual day of remembrance of the victims is observed by Jewish communities worldwide.

Why Tisha B’Av is Not Really About Mourning

The practices associated with this holiday are closer to the experience of being a refugee than to being a mourner.

When Prayer Fails Us

Tisha B'Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, is testament to the failure of prayer to avert national catastrophe.

The Book of Eicha: Faith in a Whirlwind

At the core of Lamentations is an expression of faith in the human capacity to survive in a broken world.

Modern Jewish Holidays 101

There are a handful of holidays that entered Jewish life in the latter half of the 20th century.

The Book of Lamentations

This special reading for Tisha B'Av sets the tone for this tragic and mournful day

By the Rivers of Babylon We Remember Zion

This famous psalm is read on the eve of Tisha B'Av and sets the tone for an emotionally challenging holiday.

The Prohibition Against Studying Torah on Tisha B’Av

Why would learning sacred Jewish texts be forbidden on this day of fasting and mourning?

The Three Weeks

The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem is commemorated with a period of mourning.

When Do Jews Fast?

In addition to Yom Kippur, there are many public and private fasts in Judaism.

A Timeline of the Holocaust

From Hitler's rise to power to the Nuremberg trials, key events of the Shoah.

Tu Bishvat Quiz

How much do you know about this environmentally friendly holiday?

Praying for the Welfare of the State of Israel

While following a tradition of praying for the government, this prayer has some significant differences.