The Jewish New Year, known as Rosh Hasanah, is slated to commence from Monday dawn. It’s the lead up to the Jewish day of atonement, also known as Yom Kippur, one of the major religious days of the ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins the evening of Monday, Sept. 22, and lasts for two days, the beginning of a period of special dates called the High Holidays or High Holy Days. The High ...

Illuminations #208 a weekly publication by COLlive.com and DollarDaily.org: Rabbi Benzion and Chaya Shemtov share stories and ...

The comparison of New Year practices in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam demonstrates how religious traditions maintain ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, ...

IF you were born in the 20th or 21st century, Jan. 1 feels “natural.” We count down, watch fireworks, exchange greetings and ...

And it makes sense to improve our behavior at the start of the new year. Since I was a child, when I began reading my dad’s books in his vast library, I decided to be a man like the brilliant Jewish ...

Established in 622 CE, the Islamic calendar, the Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah, is the first day of the Islamic new year, which falls on the first month, Muharram. It is celebrated with a public holiday ...

Thanks to the widely adopted Gregorian calendar, most people have marked the new year on Jan. 1 for centuries. But with so ...

Being Jewish is not a curse. It is a civilization built on meaning, memory, and moral clarity. Judaism introduced ideas that ...

Thanks to the widely adopted Gregorian calendar, most people have marked the new year on Jan. 1 for centuries. But with so ...

As we prepare to ring in 2026, Ken Bridges explores how New Year's Eve is celebrated by cultures around the world.