Secular Holidays

How to Host a Friendsgiving Shabbat

Chaim Harrison

Shabbat dinner parties are a great way for friends and family to connect, have fun, and engage in rewarding conversation – and for American Jews, the Thanksgiving weekend – when far-flung loved ones return home together for the secular holiday – can provide a perfect opportunity to make it happen.

Passover

Jewish Holidays

Learn about the Jewish holidays, their meanings, history, and rituals.

Jewish Values

7 Jewish Resolutions for the Secular New Year

Kate Bigam Kaput

The start of the secular new year is commonly a time for making resolutions for individual betterment in the year to come. Why not incorporate some Judaism into your New Year's resolutions?

Hands in snow-covered red gloves forming a heart

Jewish Values

How #GivingTuesday Helps Us Fulfill a Jewish Obligation

Riva Silverman

November 21, 2018

#GivingTuesday provides us with an opportunity to demonstrate one of the most fundamental teachings of Jewish tradition: tending to the needs of others in our community.

Secular Holidays

What's Jewish about Thanksgiving? Lots!

Rabbi Eric Eisenkramer

There are strong historical connections between Judaism and Thanksgiving. Most of the Pilgrims who celebrated the first Thanksgiving were Puritans, a branch of the Protestant faith. The Puritans strongly identified with the historical traditions and customs of the Israelites in the Bible.