No fighting on the day before Shavuot!

Illustration by Noteh Kozlovsky By Miriam Udel May 27, 2025 When Jews disagree, it’s a family quarrel. That’s the premise underlying this story of two cousins at odds, drawn from Zina Rabinowitz’s 1958 story collection Der liber yontef (Our Precious …

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Just in Time for Shavuot: Texas House Passes 10 Commandments Bill

On the morning of Shavuot, the Ten Commandments are read aloud in synagogues from the Torah scroll. According to our sages, this moment is not merely a remembrance—it is a spiritual reenactment. Hearing the Ten Commandments on Shavuot is considered as if …

Dairy dreams and delights: Trending Israeli cheesecakes ahead of Shavuot

Shavuot, the luminous festival of white, drifts in with its soft summons to dairy, and at the center of it all, inevitably, cheesecake ascends the throne. Who are we to argue with tradition or butterfat? The cheesecake Cheesecake isn’t just a dessert, it’s …

In the kitchen with Henny: Dishing out Shavuot comfort, dairy-style

While we’ve been counting the Omer for the past five-plus weeks toward Shavuot, for the last 17 months we’ve also been counting days of longing, heartbreak, and hope. As we prepare for this upcoming holiday, which traditionally includes a festive dairy …

Bamidbar 5785: Shavuot - A Time for Unity!

GOOD MORNING! This upcoming Sunday night, June 1st, begins the holiday of Shavuot. In Israel, it's observed for one day (ending Monday night), while in the diaspora, it's celebrated for two days (through Tuesday night). Sadly, many Jews are either …

Period between Passover, Shavuot a time of education and contemplation

In his new book, Judaism: A Love Story, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin quotes the speaker at his elementary school graduation, who in turn quoted the famous parable of the great Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan. “Life is like a postcard. You begin to write, …

Celebrate Shavuot in West Orange

Chabad of West Orange kicks off Shavuot on Sunday night, June 1, with all-night learning in partnership with Congregation Ohr Torah. This year it’s at the shul, 270 Pleasant Valley Way. The program starts with candle lighting at 8:05 p.m. On Monday, June 2 …

Security forces arrest 80 in West Bank, seize NIS 7 mn in terror financing

Israeli security forces arrested 80 people in the West Bank this week, the IDF said in a statement on Friday. Security forces also seized around NIS 7 million in terror funds, and confiscated seven weapons, the statement said. Additional forces have been …

An Ode to Israeli Cheese

food In honor of Shavuot, and also because the world's best dairy should be celebrated every day. Whenever I’m about to fly back home to Israel, where I spent most of my youth and early adulthood before moving to U.S. and starting a family of my own, …