Every single day, we are getting calls from farmers and communities all over Israel — from the Judean Hills to the Shomron, from Gaza border towns to the Jordan Valley — asking us to help them pla ...

It behooves us, the Jewish people, to look in the mirror and remind ourselves of our noble and timeless mission to be a ...

Tishah B’Av reminds us of the sad reality that, centuries later, even though Israelis and Jews in the diaspora have shown ...

The Hebrew calendar (along with the Tibetan, Hindu and Chinese calendars), in comparison, is far more complicated and maintains harmony with both the solar and lunar cycles.

In the secular calendar, a new month begins in the middle of the moon’s cycle. In the Jewish calendar, a new month begins with the new moon. The Hebrew word for month is chodesh which also means ...

We cannot colonize a land that God promised to Abraham 3,800 years ago. We cannot colonize a land in which Jews have lived for four millennia.

Time keeps on slippin’ into the future thanks to imperfections in the Hebrew calendar Every year, Jews wonder when Hanukkah starts. In the year 3031, the answer will be easy — it just won’t.

The year on the Hebrew calendar is 5778, and will change at sunset on Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year) on the first of Tishrei, which this year falls on Sept. 10.

The calendars — which sell for $26.95 with a portion of the profits donated to Israel Guide Dog Center — highlight Jewish and Israeli holidays and explain what each one celebrates.