While Shavuot is primarily known today for commemorating the giving of the Torah at Sinai, this aspect of the holiday is only ...

We have been on a journey from Easter to Pentecost, counting items along the way. In the days between the Jewish feasts of ...

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 181 incidents of harassment targeting Christians, Christian symbols, and Christian ...

Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa addresses the Enlit Africa energy conference at the Cape Town ...

Church events Sunderland – First Congregational Church of Sunderland, 91 S. Main St., Serendipity Shop is open on Saturdays, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with items for sale at bargain prices. Weekly ...

This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost, fifty days from Passover (hence the name), in the Jewish calendar the festival of Shavuot (‘weeks’), one of the three great pilgrim festivals (with Passover and ...

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

A pastor reflects on May’s sacred calendar, from Ascension and Pentecost to Shavuot, Hajj and the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh.

A Jewish holiday when communities light bonfires and children play with bows and arrows carries a message our culture desperately needs: how to debate war, politics and identity without losing respect ...

The Torah portions of Acharei Mot and Kedoshim reveal the deeper role of Yom Kippur as the lasting day of forgiveness and true acceptance of the Torah, offering new insight into its connection with ...

Each year, as the holiday of Shavuot approaches, Jewish communities around the world prepare to revisit a defining moment in their collective story: The receiving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai.

The New Testament gives a glorious account of Jesus's ascending into heaven. He rose from the dead at the end of Passover and stayed on earth for forty days before ascending to paradise. Ten days ...