It’s Hard to be a Jew at Christmas, But Even Harder on Tu BiSh’vat
It is a truth universally acknowledged that it can be difficult to be Jewish at Christmas time. It has seeped into North American cultural consciousness so thoroughly that South Park even wrote a song about it, complete with trademark expletives.
Every Tu BiShvat Is a Second Chance
Tu BiShvat: How Israel Has Planted New Seeds in the Jewish Soul
When is Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)?
On the Jewish calendar, Yom HaShoah falls on the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which means the observance will begin at sundown on 26 Nisan.
antisemitism
Irrational hatred of Jews.
pogrom
Organized attack on Jewish communities in Eastern Europe during the 19th and early 20th century.
(the) Shoah
Hebrew word meaning "catastrophe", referring to the Holocaust.
Tu BiShvat
"15th of Shevat;" New Year of the Trees; Jewish Arbor Day, which is a minor festival.
Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day, on which we remember the Holocaust and honor the memory of those who perished.