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Hersh Goldman: Shavuot marks harvest season and a spirit of gratitude
8+ hour, 56+ min ago (370+ words) Itemlive The Jewish annual biblical holiday Shavuot, which means "Festival of Weeks," will begin the night of Thursday, May 21. It is an agricultural holiday celebrating the seasonal transitional period from the first ripening of the barley grains to the season…...
My First Family Shabbat Dinner
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (481+ words) In her new book, Choosing to Be Chosen: From Being an Atheist Non-Jew to Becoming an Orthodox Jew (Wicked Son, 2026), Kylie Ora Lobell details her conversion process and tells her story. The following excerpt from the book is about Lobell's…...
Shabbat Candle Lighting Times
15+ hour, 46+ min ago (12+ words) Jewish Press of Tampa Shabbat Candle Lighting Times...
Shavuot: A Reminder of a Process That Remains Unfinished
15+ hour, 46+ min ago (641+ words) Shavuot arrives not as an isolated festival, but as the culmination of a deliberate and measured journey. The seven weeks between Pesach and Shavuot, marked by the counting of the Omer, trace a movement that is as conceptual as it…...
Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem "(5/18/26)[Prayer]
18+ hour, 5+ min ago (134+ words) A New Study For A New Year: Personalities Deuteronomy 15: 1-515 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it;…...
In recent years, we have been looking for something more than a house in Israel " we have been looking for a home
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1779+ words) The Torah on a Lost Dog: Hashavat Aveidah in a Modern Canadian City In recent years, we have been looking for something more than a house in Israel " we have been looking for a home The United Arab Emirates are…...
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. John I, Pope & Martyr - May 18, 2026 - Liturgical Calendar
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (254+ words) May 18, 2026 (Readings on USCCB website) Mass Propers for Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter: Entrance Antiphon, Acts 1: 8: You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon you, and you will be my witnesses, even to the ends…...
Israel's Rebirth Reminds Us That God Keeps His Promises
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (721+ words) As Israel marks 78 years since rebirth, Visionathon listeners were reminded that God keeps His promises through every generation....
Redefining Mikveh: A Secular Jewish Perspective
21+ hour, 7+ min ago (642+ words) Adjust size of text You haven't saved any articles The Jewish Independent is bound by the Standards of Practice of the Australian Press Council. If you believe the Standards may have been breached, you may approach The Jewish Independent or…...
Festival of Shavuot includes Ten Commandments, Book of Ruth, and Cheesecake!
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (183+ words) By Rabbi Alecia Magal Egalitarian, participatory Morning Minyan meets on zoom every Wednesday at 8: 30 am with traditional morning blessings, healing prayers, and Kaddish, the mourner's prayer. Come be counted in our minyan! Link on the website. Meditation class, led by…...