The exact date varies each year as it's based on the lunar calendar, and marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the "Days of Awe." Yom Kippur, the holiest ...

Every month of the Jewish year except one is marked by holidays, festivals, and observances. Jewish holidays take place in the unique context of the Jewish calendar, which, though mainly lunar, is in ...

This year, it no longer feels like history. There’s a long-running debate among observant Jews about whether it is appropriate, in Jewish law, to establish days of mourning and fasting to ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on ... Easter is a “movable feast,” so it doesn’t happen on the same date from year to year, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on lunar months that ... Easter is a “movable feast,” so it doesn’t happen on the same date from year to year, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.