Jewish and Israeli Holidays
“Ironically, on this day, which strongly symbolizes the unity of the Jewish people, a large part of our people, Diaspora Jewry, seems to have been forgotten,” they wrote.
Assad Yussef Assad al-Rafa’i and Sabhi Imad Sabhi Abu Shakir were indicted on three counts of aggravated murder and committing acts of terror.
Rioters locked themselves inside the Al-Aqsa mosque, hurling rocks and chairs as Jews visited the site for the holiday.
Long before Shavuot became a celebration of receiving the Torah, it was known as the Feast of Weeks and designated a harvest holiday.
The items featured include fragments from a 1,000-year-old Yemenite Torah scroll found in a bookbinding, as well as one of the world’s smallest legible Torah scrolls, measuring just 6 centimeters (2⅓ inches) in height.
Four town hall meetings, in addition to Zoom interviews for two people vying for a seat on a mayoral advisory board, took place on the Friday night before Memorial Day weekend.
The former State Department anti-Semitism envoy is on a mission to increase American philosemitism, in part by highlight Jewish contributions to the success of the United States.
“Mideast News Hour” with Caroline Glick and guest Gadi Taub
Shavuot wasn’t always a dairy-heavy all-nighter.
“We have experienced a horrible uptick of violence across the five boroughs, but it has been concentrated against the Orthodox community,” said New York City Council and Jewish Caucus member Lincoln Restler.
Israelis eat cheesecake, have water fights, show off their agriculture and study all night on this most wonderful and easygoing of holidays.
Celebrations of Jerusalem’s reunification in 1967 saw only minor incidents.
