The most universalist of Jewish holidays, Sukkot is the celebratory coda of Judaism's annual initiation rites.

In American Jewish society a joke has emerged over the past decades that supposedly summarizes all Jewish holidays: “They tried ...

I am not the kind of person who likes to keep their head in the sand; in fact quite the ...

Tradition connects the prophet's vision to the revelation at Sinai.

For hundreds of years, most Persian musicians were Jews.

The four minor fast days are not as restrictive as Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av.

Recently, the Ritual Committee of my congregation, Kehillat Yedidya in Jerusalem, asked its members whether we might occasionally allow Kabbalat ...

Spending Hanukkah in the Deep South is far from my “most remote” holiday experience. In December of 2012, I was ...

The Jewish new year for trees is the rare time where we celebrate potential — not product.

The end of the fall holiday season looks forward to redemption.