This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost, fifty days from Passover (hence the name), in the Jewish calendar the festival of ...

The Jewish holiday of Shavuot reminds us that hindness is not a weakness. It is a strength. It changes families and heals ...

Beyond its being an inspiring story, The Book of Ruth can be enjoyed as a moving example of how tradition can grow.

As a city kid in London, Ruth’s imagery—barley, gleaning, fields—felt foreign. Shavuot was about the beit midrash: all-night ...