A hallmark of Pittsburgh Jewish life is returning for an evening of education, cheesecake and coffee. Complete with speakers ...

Counting the 49 Days of Sefirat Ha’Omer is not easy; it involves consistent and constant care and attention. The same goes ...

Friday May 16 is Lag Ba'Omer, the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer and the yahrzeit (anniversary of death) of Rabbi ...

Torah commentaries weigh in on the philosophic and practical issue of the difference between Shabbat and the other festivals ...

Shavuot marked the end of the festival (Atzeret) of the 50-day period called the Omer, between the harvest of barley – Passover - and the harvest of wheat. Sukkot, the second agricultural ...

During Bar Kochba’s revolt against the Romans, a terrible epidemic struck Rabbi Akiva’s students, and 24,000 men lost their ...

Lag B'Omer occurred on the 33rd day of counting the Omer, and many celebrated this occasion with bonfires and barbecue items ...

Tri-Valley Cultural Jews (TVCJ) will celebrate Shavuot with a book fest in Pleasanton at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 1, with children and adults invited to talk about a book ...

What is the nature of the Jewish people? Is the nation merely the combined contribution of each individual Jew? Or are the ...

As the sun sets over Israel, bonfires flicker to life across the country, signalling the arrival of Lag BaOmer—not with a ...

Emor tells us: “From the day on which you bring the sheaf of elevation offering — the day after the Sabbath — you shall count ...