Calgary celebrates Israel@75: A People United
By Hannah Silver (AJNews) – The room fell silent as the siren sounded – a blaring reminder that the battle to obtain, and retain, independence…
Holidays
Is Shavuot 1 day or 2 days long?
By MJL Staff (This article first appeared on My Jewish Learning.) If you live in the land of Israel, Shavuot is a one-day holiday. This…
Now translated into 49 languages: Counting the Omer
By Andrew Silow-Carrol (JTA) — There are 49 days between the second night of Passover and the holiday of Shavuot, but who’s counting? Jews the world over, in…
Tensions mark Memorial Day ceremonies in Israel as Netanyahu urges unity
by Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — In an unusual politicization of Israel’s Memorial Day on Tuesday, several senior Israeli government officials faced protests at…
2023 March of the Living marks 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,
(Auschwitz, Poland) – The annual March of the Living took place on April 18, from Auschwitz I to Auschwitz-Birkenau, marking Israel’s national Holocaust Memorial Day….