Calendar, The Jewish

In “The Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars,” historian Avraham (Alan) Rosen presents a groundbreaking and richly illustrated exposition on the Jewish concept of time by examining handwritten, typed and printed calendars that Jewish men and women created during ...

Walk around any town in Israel in the days leading up to Lag B’Omer, and you’ll know the holiday is approaching by the bands of children collecting wood.

Throughout Saturday night and Sunday, as waves of aircraft pounded military targets in the Gaza Strip and Hamas forces retaliated with rocket attacks aimed at Israeli civilians, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and rabbinical students made the rounds of hospit...

Rabbi Mendel Cunin, co-director of the Reno-based Chabad-Lubavitch of Northern Nevada, has one more benefit to add to the litany of spiritual blessings Jewish tradition attributes to observance of Shabbat: more money in your wallet. In an interesting twis...

Newly published transcripts of some Purim-themed talks given by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, have added to the wealth of material publicly available for study by tens of thousands worldwide.

Entering Tisha B’Av, a day of fasting and mourning the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans, Jewish people the world over were greeted with a positive message calling to increase in acts of goodness and kindness.

As egg prices continue to soar and grocery-store shelves display increasingly sparse inventory, Jewish families preparing for the upcoming Purim holiday are facing some culinary challenges. Purim, which this year begins on Thursday evening, March 13, and ...

The Torah teachings of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, span over 70,000 published pages. A 2011 index of his talks compiled by the scholar Rabbi Michoel Seligson runs to 1,600 pages. Over a period of nearly half a century, th...

Negril is one of Jamaica’s tourist capitals. People typically flock to the city’s iconic Seven Mile Beach to relax, get some sun, and enjoy the crystal waters and white sandy beaches. On Sunday, Dec. 29, more than 500 people gathered there for another rea...

History was made in 1620, when the 102 passengers aboard the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock on the shores of what would later become the United States of America. Fast-forward a few centuries, the site bore witness to another historic event: a public m...