U.S. Jewish soldiers are receiving two items that no Jew celebrating Shavuot can do without: a Bible and a cheesecake. The Jewish Chaplains Council is teaming up with the Jewish Publication Society to ...
Each Jewish festival has its own traditional food. On Rosh Hashanah, you eat round challot. On Sukkot, you eat diluted soup (if it is raining in the sukkah). On Passover, you eat matzot. On Shavuot, ...
Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical story of God revealing Torah – Jewish scriptures ...