Holidays

He was once arrested for punching a police horse.

Police handed out fines to demonstrators who allegedly did not maintain the legal social distance or failed to wear a face mask.

Haifa Chemicals workers are worried about losing their jobs on the eve of the Passover holiday.

The “Pouring of the Water” was an important feature of the festival of Sukkot during the times of the Temple.

A ring of peace encircled Jewish worshipers as they prayed Saturday on Sabbath at a synagogue, this time in Denmark.

Perhaps the RHR should sue to eliminate the entire ninth chapter in the Book of Esther from Megillah readings across Israel, seeing as it depicts how the Jews take revenge against their sworn enemies.

The Cairo Genizah International Project of the Haifa, Oxford, Princeton and Pennsylvania universities presents one of the ancient haggadahs discovered so far, opening a window to Medieval Passover customs.

Jerusalem Day began at sundown on Thursday, celebrating the liberation and reunification of Israel's eternal capital.

It is difficult to ignore the influence of Jewish tradition on Muslim rituals in general and Ramadan in particular, in a kind of upping the spiritual ante on the part of the illiterate security guard who started a new religion.

"Since its establishment about 120 years ago, KKL-JNF photographers have accompanied the Jewish communities in Israel and abroad.”

Tel Aviv is getting ready to curb biking on the city's sidewalks, and penalize those who break the law.

Rabbi Yoel Moscowicz, the first Rebbe of Shotz, was a fifth generation descendant of the founder of Hasidism Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov.

The 6 am nightmare of police shutting down the buses and miles of traffic all gets wiped away the second the passenger reaches his destination and becomes one with the dancing crowd.

PM Netanyahu and his wife visited the Great Synagogue in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Astana, "in an Islamic country that honors coexistence."

All-time record high in tourist entries since the beginning of the year. 22% increase in March 2017 over last year.

A 6-year-old boy was among those injured in the collapse.

The signal is given the lambs are slaughtered and the process of preparing them to be roasted whole begins.

"In the framework of the rules of the Temple Mount, in accordance with the status quo in the area, ritual activity with overt external features, including the four species, is forbidden."

A pro-Trump protester yelled at Sharon Kleinbaum, clergywoman of LGBT Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, 'You would have been on the side of Antiochus rather than Judah the Maccabee.'

IDF official Yoav Mordechai intervened with the Palestinian Authority to free four peaceful Arab neighbors jailed for visiting the Efrat mayor's sukkah.

"She was later taken by ambulance while still undergoing CPR, to the Carmel Medical Center."

"The epidemiological situation in the country and in the world does not permit one to organize and hold mass events, especially with the participation of foreigners.”

“The warm temperatures trigger the mechanisms of the fragrant and colorful flowering, which is designed to attract pollinators."

"Volunteers have come from all over the country and are active around the clock to provide emergency medical care in Meron."

The public is asked to pray for the complete recovery of Moshe ben Sarah.

Christians aren’t prohibited from watching TV or going to a game on Christmas the way Jews do on the high holidays.

So, without any ado at all, here is this year's selection.

Zot Chanukah is a reference in Torah literature to the eighth day of Chanukah, since on that day the Torah reading includes the verse Zot Chanukat Ha'Mizbe'ach (this is the inauguration of the altar).

Jews again hear the little bells on the hem of the High Priest's garment as he enters the Holy Temple of Jerusalem...

Some time between the decline of the Jewish center in Eretz Israel and the early Medieval era we started saying Selichot as part of our annual cycle of prayers.