“They couldn’t celebrate freedom, but they could celebrate the hope of freedom,” he said. The crisis affects more than the hostage families. The war, in which 260 soldiers have been killed, casts a shadow over a normally joyous holiday. The government has...
In New Testament times, the Christian church celebrated Easter when the Jews observed Passover. By the middle of the second century, Easter was celebrated on the Sunday after Passover. The Council of Nicaea decided in 325 A.D. that all churches should celebrate it together on a Sunday. The...
and certain aspects of meritocracy I think are really do generate excellence across a variety of different industries. But at the same time, there's something about how we don't really take care of kids, how we don't really take care of families, how you know so many Americans are one...
and some organizations are allowed to close to fully celebrate. InIsrael, it is not considered a public holiday, although schools do close for the day.
We do know from other accounts of events during the Shoah that joy was woven into the observation of mitzvot. How can we bring joy into our Sukkot observance this year? With all of this, we are still left this year with the question: How can we bring joy into our Sukkot observance thi...
For “Shabbat Shalom,” which aired in April during Passover, the result of the collaboration focused on a staple of Jewish education. Stay updated with the latest news! Subscribe to The Jerusalem Post Newsletter Subscribe Now “In school, young [Jewish] children, one of the ways they prepare...
20 Do not eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”[b] 21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go, select an animal from the flock according to your families, and slaughter the Passover animal....
characters to threaten them for year-round good behavior (I’M JOKING I WOULD NEVER TREAT THE BUNNY LIKE SANTA – as she hides her homemade easter elf on the shelf). Well, this year is different but the kids haven’t forgotten about Easter. NO. THEY. HAVEN’T. So what do we do?
Do you have a favorite word? A word begging to be a story?Click here. A fitting word for this Passover-Easter season, gifted to us bySusan Mesinai, a woman of many lives, many descriptions. I’ll choose one: WordWarrior. On the muddled side of woozy — smoke, shots, bombastic bass...
Robot Chicken creates a new Sesame Street character; The Mario Bros. spend all those gold coins they've collected;What we imagine Pinky and the Brain would do if they had a wild night on the town. Two Vietnamese guards try to break Rambo in our reimagining of this famous movie scene....