The celebration of Thanksgiving in America is deeply rooted in the country’s history and values, with its origins tracing back to 1621 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Pilgrims and Native ...

For some ultra-Orthodox Jews, Thanksgiving means a pre-Shabbat feast with family. For others, celebrating Thanksgiving is forbidden. Why?

What Is The Proper Way – If At All – For American Jews To Celebrate/Commemorate Thanksgiving? By. Jewish Press Staff - 26 Heshvan 5785 – November 27, 2024. 0. Share on Facebook.

There will be turkey at Marci Rosa’s family Thanksgiving in New Jersey, and stuffing and sweet potato and leek gratin. But also kasha varnishkes, a Jewish grain dish with roots in Eastern Europe ...

Jews have known, as Washington said, that rights imply obligations as citizens, which perhaps helps explain their pervasive and long-standing engagement in public affairs.

Founded in 1654 by 23 Spanish & Portuguese Jews, Shearith Israel is the first and oldest Jewish congregation in America.

Following US strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, backed by President Donald Trump, Jewish communities across Israel offered ...

Facing a Thanksgiving table with these wrenching divisions has been agonizing. And I'm sure we won't be the only family gathered around a divided table. I left Gaza and now can't return.

Sukkot, the week-long fall harvest festival for Jews, has been honored outside for thousands of years.The primary way to celebrate: to build and dwell in a man-made hut called a "sukkah." The ...

Next week is Thanksgiving, ... The Jews gave us the Talmud, or Old Testament, which is full of information about God and wisdom for how we can live successful lives. A Jew, ...

That is why many Jews donate in multiples of 18. I wonder how my life will be different if I adopt this practice. I’m starting with 18 in the morning while I’m lying in bed.

Turkey, potatoes, chicken kebabs and couscous lined tables at St. Anastasia’s Church on Sunday evening in a pre-Thanksgiving interfaith dinner in Teaneck. Here’s what was off the table ...