Sukkot News

As the desert cools down in the evening, the yard beckons. If we wish to see people's faces or do a project, what can we use as a sustainable light source? In ancient times, during all-night festivities at one of the most joyous times of the year, the Sukkot water drawing celebration in the Temple, the courtyards were brightly lit by huge oil lamps ...

Hundreds of young people gathered to become a part of Camp Obama for intensive three-day weekend retreats throughout the months of July and August of 2007.

Shavuot began Thursday night and is a holiday celebrating the Jewish people receiving the torah.

What do a menorah, unleavened bread, a ram's horn and a tent have in common? Each item is associated with four of Judaism's holidays - Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashana and Sukkot.

Though it is true that at the time of the Beit Hamikdash special korbanot were brought for the chag , an individual was not required to do anything specific in his home.

Rummaging recently through an old box of family photos, I spotted a fraying, sepia-colored Mandatory-era photo of Gan Chaya, my mother's kindergarten, as the students gathered on Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard.

A New York-based distributor of esrog , a fruit used by Jews during the observance of Sukkot, the ancient harvest festival holiday, must abide by an Israeli arbitrator's $66,000 judgment against him, a federal judge in New York has decided.

Trying to plan a meeting in late September or early October and not inconvenience observant Jewish attendees.

Hundreds of young people gathered to become a part of Camp Obama for intensive three-day weekend retreats throughout the months of July and August of 2007.

When Elisheva Rogosa moved to the area last fall, just in time to celebrate the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot, something struck her as odd about the ritual hut -- or sukkah -- that Temple Israel's members decorated with harvest bounty, including corn stalks bought from a local grower.

If you had to name the least Jewish season of the year, it would have to be summer.

QUESTION: Why do we recite Yizkor on Passover and why at the end of the festival? ANSWER: Thursday of this week, which was the eighth and final day of Passover, April 16, was also observed as a day for Yizkor, or memorial, prayers.

The phone calls come daily from distraught parents who can no longer afford their children's education.

Miami Beach , Fla.--The Jewelers International Showcase has announced that it will add a fifth day to its October show, expanding the event from a Friday-Monday pattern to Thursday-Monday. The show will now be held Oct.

Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina leveled New Orleans, the city's recovery continues, mostly out of the spotlight, and mostly thanks to the good work of volunteers, many of them from faith-based ...

Tu B'Shevat, the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar - celebrated this year on Monday, February 9, 2009 - is the day that marks the beginning of a "New Year for Trees." This is the season in which the ...

In the last 6 months I've celebrated and cooked for two New Years, Sukkot, Thanks-giving and Chanukah.

Happy end of Chanukah! Sorry about the delay in getting this next installment posted, but it still seems timely -- even though the Tishrei holidays are long past, the book of Maccabees says that the 8 days of ...

Great tips for making this year's holiday environmentally-friendly. Bring some green into your Chanukah celebration this year! Not the color but the concept of environmental awareness and conservation.

Three children's books new this season cross cultures and traditions, speaking to the hearts of young and old.