Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day,wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting,special prayers and fried foods.In the second century BCE, the HolyLand was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), […]
Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States and in other nations of the Western African diaspora in the Americas. The celebration honors African heritage in African-American culture, […]
The Jewish “New Year of the Trees”is celebrated with observances that connect humankind to the natural world.This holiday has special significance because "Man is the tree of thefield" (Deuteronomy 20:19). […]
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The Isra and Mi'raj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج, al-’Isrā’wal-Mi‘rāj) are the two parts of a Night Journey that, according to Islam, the Islamic prophet Muhammad took during a single night around the year 621. Within Islam it […]
The festival of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar, in late winter or early spring. It commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people […]
Each year, corresponding with the ninth month of the lunar calendar, Muslims spend a month in daytime fasting. This observance is called Ramadan. From dawn to sunset during this month, […]
To our Jewish friends, Chag Pesach kasher vesame’ach, or "May you have a kosher and joyous Passover." The eight-day festival of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the […]
Laylat Al Qadr is considered the holiest night of the year for Muslims and is held on the 27th day of Ramadan. Translated into English as the Night of Decree, […]
On Yom HaShoah, Jews all over the world mourn the loss of six million Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust. The full name of the day commemorating the victims of […]
At the end of Ramadan, Muslims celebratethe "Festival of Fast-Breaking." On the day of Eid, fasting isprohibited. The end of Ramadan is generally celebrated by a ceremonialfast-breaking, as well as […]
Shavuot is the celebration of the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people, also known as the Festival of First Fruits. The Torah was given by the Lord on […]
