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?" ...

The Jewish feast of Passover, when families share the stories of their ancestors and eat traditional foods such as matzah and maror, is just weeks away. Passover, also known as Pesach, dates back to ...

The Jewish New Year celebration of Rosh Hashanah is almost here, and together with Yom Kippur, which falls shortly afterwards, they’re referred to as the Jewish High Holidays (or High Holy Days). Rosh ...