View a multimedia slideshow at Video Journal To prepare for the Jewish Seder, Shonna Bartlett made “charoset” by mixing diced apples, crushed walnuts, raisins and a splash of Manischewitz red wine.

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen Esther ...

Thanks for joining our Sunday Bible study. Being a Jewish believer in Jesus since age 20, I relish how the New Testament fulfills the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). The Jewish Feast Days, including the ...

Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah... most non-Jewish people have at least a vague idea of what those Jewish holidays commemorate, celebrate or honor. But how about Shavuot, the "Feast of Weeks?" ...

Now in its third year, the Tri-City Jewish Center’s Jewish Feast-ival is an opportunity to introduce the community to the center’s facility, traditions and food, said organizer Michael Weindruch.

Unlike previous years, when Super Seder was held in cavernous Barton Hall, this year’s feast took place in Trillium, where the space was smaller and the atmosphere more homey. About 40 tables seated a ...

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On the other end of the line that day 12 years ago was James E. Young, a professor of Judaic studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Posen, a philanthropist, had an idea, a big idea, ...

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At sundown Saturday, Jews around the world will begin Shavout (the Hebrew word for "weeks"), the last of the three biblical pilgrimage festivals for ancient Hebrews. The Feast of Weeks comes in the ...

1. Sukkot and Senator Robert Byrd. The holiday of Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) is dedicated to the study of the Book of Ecclesiastes, which was often quoted by the late Senator Robert Byrd, the ...