By Ben Sales, JTA World News TEL AVIV (JTA) — At 3:30 Shavuot morning, more than 100 people are seated on folding chairs singing in Yiddish as men walk around with shots of vodka and cups of coffee. Up front, a man in a black frock coat and black hatContinue Reading
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) As a sign of respect for observant Jews, the start time of the Rolling Stones June 4 concert in Tel Aviv has been pushed back by half an hour to allow those observing the Shavuot holiday to arrive at the event comfortably after the holiday endsContinue Reading
Tuesday night marks the beginning of Shavuot, a holiday at which the story of Ruth, the Moabite convert and considered one of the greatest heroines of the Torah, is read. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach argues that the greatest challenge facing the world Jewish community is it’s shrinking size and looks at the possibilities of focusedContinue Reading
