Explore the traditions of Jewish Book Month while you wait for Hannukah

Before Hannukah, many have dubbed the lull in holidays as "Jewish Book Month." With so many excellent Jewish novels to ...
New York Post

First-ever Pawsitively Jewish Calendar features Instagram-famous dogs in time for high holidays

Finley, a 2-year-old tri-color Papillon who resides in Turtle Bay, is July's cover dog. Instagram @papillon_finley Make a date with a nice Jewish dog. The first-ever Pawsitively Jewish Calendar ...
The News-Times

Hebrew calendar is one of the most accurate on earth

The first Passover is an event that occurred about 3,500 years ago. It marks the beginning of the Jewish people as a free people. The first commandment given to the Jewish people was to construct ...
Newsday

Some details about Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. is widely considered the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It is being observed this year from around sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 1, until after ...
The Forward

How the Jewish calendar got coded — and how ingenious coders made it happen

Humanity is currently engaged in a massive, civilization-sized project to digitize all knowledge. You may have heard about this. The project is huge, but it’s not unified; contained within it are ...