Lag Ba’Omer is coming, and with it the ancient tradition of building bonfires on this strange mini-holiday. There is some ...

This minor holiday — known for bonfires, weddings and haircuts — takes place about a month after Passover.

Each year, a rabbinic grave is the site of one of the biggest parties in Israel.

What are you doing tonight? We’re going upstate, near Monsey, to some friends who live in the woods. We are ...

I’ll be frank. For all my years at Jewish Day School, participating in USY, going to Camp Ramah, etc., I ...

Last night: the campfire was every bit as awesome as we wanted it to be, except the kids were asleep. ...

For Lag Ba'Omer.

There’s been some pretty intense facial hair around the ISJL office lately. If you stopped by in May, you might ...

Reform Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman says of Israel’s Lag Ba’omer bonfires: “This is an ecological disaster, it’s virtually rabbi-sanctioned vandalism. Nowadays ...

A vegetarian alternative for firing up the grill.