While the holiday is a time-honored tradition, it had a prolonged path to acceptance. Passengers depart the Caltrain Norcal MLK Celebration Train in San Francisco on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on ...
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New Jersey’s primary elections have been rescheduled for June 10 to accommodate the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The state’s primary was initially scheduled for June 3 — the first Tuesday following the ...
His final version threaded the needle from pacifism to patriotism so beautifully that it’s no wonder it became a kind of new anthem for the Jewish holiday: Peter, who was 86 when he died on ...
(photo credit: Or Shalom, the Center for Preservation and Transmission of Libyan Jewry Heritage) “The Festival of the Daughters,” – or Eid Al-Banat in Arabic – is a Jewish holiday ...
New Jersey has officially rescheduled its very big primary election in the new year so it doesn’t conflict with a Jewish holiday. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Tuesday that moves the 2025 ...
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in his hit “Hanukkah Song,” the holiday, which starts this year ...
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah -- the Festival of Lights -- is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 and will continue into the beginning of 2025. On eight consecutive ...
The holidays are extra special this year. Not only is Dec. 25 Christmas, but it marks the beginning of Hanukkah. This particular alignment of the holidays is rare. In fact, it has only occurred ...