Jewish Holidays

Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The year, beginning at sunset, will be 5774. L'Shanah Tova! Happy New Year! Rosh Hashanah begins a month filled with Jewish holidays,…

Tonight begins Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel, a ceremony is held at Yad Vashem at sundown. Flags are flown at half mast and six torches are lit by…

As we come to the end of the High Holidays, we have two days left. Of course, as you might expect, in Israel, both of these days are celebrated on…

Sukkot, the Feast of Booths or the Feast of Tabernacles, begins Sunday evening. After the most solemn holiday of the year, we follow it with a week of one of…

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people. This year it begins on Tuesday night, September 25th, and ends at nightfall…

Sunday night begins Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. L'Shana Tovah! (For a good year!) Chag Samech! (Happy Holiday!) It's the beginning of 5773. Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first…

Tomorrow evening at sunset, May 26th, begins the holiday of Shavuot. What is Shavuot? It celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. (Note that it is about the…

April 19th is Yom HaShoah. As with most Jewish holidays, it begins at sundown the evening before. Yom HaShoah is a new holiday, designated by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in…

Friday night begins the holiday of Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew. Passover lasts for eight days, but like most Jewish holidays, it begin at sundown. No work is permitted on…

Tonight is Purim. Happy Purim from UJGS! What is Purim? It is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the story told in the Book of Esther. In Shushan, Persia, Esther was…