As I write this on Thursday morning, it appears that the hostage exchange will at least begin before Monday evening, the commencement of the Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah holiday. It is hoped that ...

This year in Israel, the holidays of Sukkot and Simhat Torah run from the evening of October 6 through the evening of October 14, with the mournful second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led ...

Sukkot begins on the 15th of Tishrei, five days after Yom Kippur, and lasts for seven days in Israel (and eight days in the Diaspora). It is one of the three pilgrimage festivals mentioned in the ...

Sukkot, now being celebrated by Jews around the world, is a week-long Jewish holiday. It begins each year five days after Yom Kippur, the day of atonement that's the holiest day on the Jewish calendar ...

Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, started at sundown Monday, Oct. 6, and continues through Monday, Oct. 13. Sukkot is considered one of the most ...

This week (7– 15 October), many Jewish optometrists and dispensing opticians will mark Sukkot – a harvest festival that is also linked to the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt. Statistics from ...

Members of the Brotherhood of Temple Beth El in Aptos worked together Sunday morning to build a sukkah, a temporary hut used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot that commemorates the Israelites’ 40 years ...

Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, starts at sundown Monday and continues through Monday, Oct. 13. Sukkot is considered one of the most joyful ...

The tourist, culinary and musical festival “Ramla Global City"Ramla"—which will be held for the ninth year during the Sukkot festival—is an initiative of the municipality, which also produces it. The ...

Marcel Bergmann, husband of Beth Am's Cantor Jaime Shpall, and their children, Ella and Sam, decorate the family sukkah in 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Shpall) Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on ...