KINGSTON — The little soccer player barely came up to Rabbi Pinny Levitin’s waist as he bent low to show her how to shake the lulav. Left, right, forward, over her shoulder — the Rabbi guided the ...

Sukkot is one of the most festive Jewish holidays but also one of the least understood. The harvest season and the struggles of Israelites in their exodus from slavery are both elements of Sukkot, ...

Many cultures celebrate the harvest this time of year. In the Jewish faith "Sukkot" is a time to give thanks for food and shelter. Members of Temple Emanuel are celebrating Sukkot by sharing their ...

Natural materials like palm fronds, tree branches or reeds typically create the top of the sukkah. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Sukkot is a Jewish festival that follows right on the heels of ...

Jewish residents in Brooklyn have begun celebrating the holiday of Sukkot. The main message of Sukkot, which began today and will continue through Sunday evening, is to celebrate and be grateful for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Under gray skies and the looming threat of a nor’easter, joy was not dampened as members of Staten Island’s Jewish community gathered at Congregation Toras Emes in Oakwood Sunday ...

On Shabbat, one is told to light Shabbat candles 18 minutes before sundown, when Shabbat actually begins. It’s a liminal space between normal and different times. “In some ways, the time we’re in is ...

A group of about 15 people gathered in Midland's Plymouth Park pavilion on Tuesday, Oct. 3 for a Family Sukkot Party organized by the Chabad House of Eastern Michigan. Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish ...

The State Department hosted more than a dozen senior diplomats from the Middle East and Asia last week for the White House’s first-ever Sukkot celebration, in an event that highlighted the Biden ...