Holiday Features
Celebrating Shavuot with kids
Deborah Fineblum, JNSJun 06, 2019
It’s one of the most dramatic scenes in the Torah, as amazing as the splitting of the sea. Imagine the Master of the Universe coming down to Earth in an astounding...
In Denver, global effort underway to photograph every living Holocaust survivor
JTAApr 25, 2019
YOM HASHOAH 5779 By Lior Zaltzman At first, it seems like John and Amy Israel Pregulman nailed the ideal “digital nomad” lifestyle. The very-much-in-love couple...
Which of the Four Sons are you? Denverites reply
Chris LeppekApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION C PAGE 7 “Of the four sons mentioned in the Haggadah — the wicked son, the simple son, the wise son and the son who doesn’t know enough to...
Denverites asked: Which Haggadah do you use?
Andrea JacobsApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION C PAGE 10 bygone days, families reused worn Haggadot fingerprinted through the decades — and while this tradition continues, some Jews are...
For Purim, Mallorcan Jews didn’t need to hide
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAMar 14, 2019
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain — On this island south of Barcelona, Jews celebrate Purim these days pretty much as they do most anywhere else in Europe — finally. There is...
Tu b’Shevat — as we know it — got started in Nebraska
IJN StaffJan 17, 2019
By Hizky Shoham It’s a little-known quirk of timing and history that the transformation of Tu b’Shevat from an obscure kabbalistic holiday can trace its origins to a...
Chanukah parade takes to Jerusalem’s streets
TPSDec 06, 2018
By Ilanit Chernick It was like a Macy’s wonderland with an Israeli flavor as Jerusalem was alight with the Chanukah spirit. Large balloons, marching bands,...
Steinsaltz offers new type of commentary on the Torah
Hillel GoldbergSep 27, 2018
On Simchat Torah this Tuesday, the last piece in the Torah is finished and the first piece — Genesis — is begun. The just published, new type of commentary on the...
Awe & inspiration at midnight selichot at the Kotel
TPSSep 20, 2018
By Ilanit Chernick The sound of the shofar was loud and strong. Every few moments a man dressed in white, wearing a Breslov kippah, blew into the ram’s horn as people...
Why Sukkot is the best holiday for kids
JTASep 20, 2018
NEW YORK — Here’s the short version: If you leave your kids home on the High Holidays so you can have grownup praying time, don’t do othat on Sukkot. Bring your...
