Tag: Jewish calendar

Jews this week are celebrating Sukkot, a seven-day holiday intended as a time of joy

Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, started at sundown Monday, Oct. 6,…

Jews this week will be celebrating Sukkot, a seven-day holiday intended as a time of joy

Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, starts at sundown Monday and continues…

‘Always a bit on edge.’ How religious leaders are confronting wave of violence

As Jewish people enter synagogues across the country for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar,…

Two dead in attack near UK synagogue on Yom Kippur, suspect shot by police

By Phil NobleMANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Two people were killed after an assailant drove a car into pedestrians and…