Tents were erected on the grounds of a local Jewish temple and people gathered around a campfire to make s'mores, but this wasn't a typical campout. Temple B'nai Israel recently took advantage of ...

For the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, PJ Library communities in South Florida provided ways for their children and families to help people in need in the community. A national program of the Harold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rabbi Craig Mayers with Temple Beth Sholom in Melbourne, reads from the Torah during Shavuot, the celebration of the original ...

Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot. Authorities say a man used a flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into a ...

Shavuot is celebrated as a harvest festival with a conflicting history of both attacks on Jews in the past and historical military success. It has come to this. When the Shavuot festival starts on ...

KIBBUTZ GINEGAR, Israel (JTA) – As the song “Golden Youth” by kibbutz folk band Gevatron played in an outdoor alcove beneath this farm village’s community center on Wednesday afternoon, choreographer ...

It’s Shavuot again in New York City, so you know what that means — cheesecake, all-night study and revelry, and the suspension of alternate side parking rules. Shavuot, the holiday that celebrates the ...

The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical story of God revealing Torah – Jewish scriptures and teachings – to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. This gift, and the ...

According to the LYA, Jews will be reaffirming their commitment to the Torah on Shavuot, which is a festive holiday event, on Wednesday. People will gather to celebrate the receiving of the Torah and ...

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Sunday afternoon's attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot. Authorities say a man threw two incendiary devices into a group holding one of ...