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Religions & Ethnic Holiday Calendar

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year’s Eve, the last day of the year, is on December 31. In many countries, New Year’s Eve is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, ...
Religion News Service

After Oct. 7, Jews seek healing from kabbalah-informed psychedelic retreats

The nonprofit Shefa integrates Jewish beliefs and rituals with legal psychedelic practices, an approach that’s especially ...
90.5 WESA

Seven years after the Pittsburgh synagogue attack, the community vows to remember

It’s been seven years since 11 Jewish worshippers were killed during morning prayer services in a Squirrel Hill synagogue.
The New York Times

Life for Manchester’s Jewish footballers in the wake of a terrorist attack: ‘Hatred is everyone’s problem’

A policeman guards the outside of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, where three people died on October 2 (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Last year, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of ...
Newsday

Jews are celebrating Sukkot, a 7-day holiday intended as a time of joy

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 ...
CNN

New Jersey rabbi assaulted in random attack outside his home on eve of Jewish holiday

A rabbi in New Jersey was assaulted in a random attack Sunday afternoon ahead of a weeklong Jewish holiday, prompting police to add extra patrols around residences and synagogues. Avraham Wein, the ...
komonews

Seattle's Jewish community ramps up security after deadly UK synagogue attack

Security concerns within the local Jewish community are growing, following a deadly attack outside of a synagogue in the United Kingdom on Yom Kippur. Two Jewish people were killed, and several others ...
CNN

Zohran Mamdani tries to reassure Jewish voters in NYC worried about his ascendance

The gathering was inside the Brooklyn home of a Jewish film director. The crowd, according to several people in attendance, was skeptical. Zohran Mamdani had arrived to greet approximately 60 people, ...
New York Post

The Manchester shul attack is just the latest of growing strikes on Jewish holidays — as the world rewards terrorists

The fear that an attack might occur somewhere during Yom Kippur was not merely paranoia; it was the rational expectation of a community that has seen too much. REUTERS Switching off my phone for Yom ...
The Conversation

Manchester synagogue attack: why so many people in Britain’s Jewish community felt a sense of inevitability that this day would come

Julian Hargreaves does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
News 8000

Some details about Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. is widely considered the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It is being observed this year from around sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 1, until after nightfall ...