As a federal holiday, Presidents' Day 2026 will bring the closure of government offices, post offices, and many banks. School ...

Handwritten calendars, prayer books, and testimonies at Yad Vashem show how Jewish life and tradition endured during the ...

As I write this, I am listening to a line of the song of my favourite Jamaican reggae music superstar, Peter Tosh. It is a 1979 track entitled Jah Seh No, from his Mystic Man album. When life becomes ...

Itamar Alus fought many terrorists in Ofakim and was later recognized for his courage; he said his survival of the Hamas ...

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

The beginning of January is when many people traditionally resolve to start a new, though sometimes challenging, habit and ...

This is a Jewish perspective of the New Year carried by The Times of Israel on Dec. 31 written by David Ramati a war veteran ...

As the world turns another calendar page and the countdown to 2026 reaches midnight, the familiar rhythm of New Year rituals ...

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

The current calendar was created by Pope Gregory XIII. However, many cultures do not fully align with the Christian calendar, and as such, celebrate New Year's at a different time. Here are several ...

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

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 ...