Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks," has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven ...

Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks,” has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven ...

Rabbi Daniel Bouskila is the international director of the Sephardic Educational Center.

Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot.

Not so for the humble holiday of Shavuot which begins tonight. Shavuot doesn’t have the drama of Passover because its core theme lacks drama. As my friend Rabbi Michael Gotlieb brought up the ...

Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot. Authorities say a man used a flamethrower and threw an incendiary device ...

Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot. Authorities say a man threw two incendiary devices into a group holding one ...

What Is Shavuot? the Jewish Festival That Started Hours After Boulder, Colorado, Attack Sunday afternoon's attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival ...

The offerings may have been meager. The dairy dishes improvised. But the spirit was resolute. SHAVUOT, ONE of the three pilgrimage festivals, marked the wheat harvest in biblical Israel.