The Blogs: It’s Time For A Change: Service Year In Merhavim | Orna Raz
Returning to Merhavim on Sunday after the Shavuot holiday, we all felt that the year was drawing to…
The Blogs: What Our Children Remember | Yankie Denburg
Yesterday, I had two conversations that seemed separate at first, but the more I thought about them, the…
Israel must reclaim the Torah’s moral, ethics
Last week, we celebrated Shavuot, the festival commemorating the giving of the Torah. The Sages called it the…
Israel’s National Library recieves copy of UK’s first Jewish cookbook
A rare hard copy of the first Jewish cookbook and housekeeping guide published in England recently joined the…
The Blogs: Are Secular Israelis Still Jewish? | Rachel Collins
Every Shavuot, Israel reveals one of its deepest unresolved identity crises. Religious Jews celebrate the giving of the…
The Blogs: Three-Day Weekend | Harriet Gimpel
Three-day weekend – good excuse for a three-item blog. Three-day weekend – a holiday of course, if nothing…
National Library acquires world’s earliest known kosher cookbook
The National Library of Israel has obtained a rare original copy of what is widely considered the first-ever…
Shavuot’s lesson for Israel: Sovereignty without purpose cannot survive
As Israel approaches the holiday of Shavuot amid war, political division, and renewed international attacks on its legitimacy,…
Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US
Shavuot begins in Israel on Thursday, May 21, and ends on Friday, May 22, as Shabbat begins. For…
What Shavuot teaches about Israel’s haredi military service debate
Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah stand at the seminal moment of Jewish faith. God spoke…
How Shavuot was rescued by the Torah, and brought home by Israel
Of all the holidays in the Jewish calendar, Shavuot has often seemed like the poor relation. Passover arrives…
A nostalgic glimpse into Shavuot celebrations in pre-state Israel | JNS
Long before dairy and gourmet cheese products from the supermarket, Shavuot was a communal celebration centered around fresh…