Holidays

Jewish organizations are helping Philadelphians celebrate a socially distant Shavuot with virtual events and study sessions. Center City Kehillah, which usually hosts an all-night interdenominational...

The evening of Lag B’Omer 5780 — also known as May 11 — was windy and unseasonably cold. Not exactly ideal conditions to celebrate...

By Ron Kampeas / JTA With its glittering assembly of stars, jokes that worked and attendees who could, well, sing, it was the Zoom Seder...

There’s the presidential election. There’s the coronavirus pandemic. There are massive layoffs around the country. And, on top of all of that, people will...

Debbie Greenberg’s son, Aaron Mazer, was diagnosed with celiac disease at the age of 17. For Mazer, that meant the end of school cafeteria lunches,...

At Passover, we recall the 10 plagues, recite the four questions, have two seders and leave one cup empty for Elijah. And now, here are...

Editor’s note: This article was written prior to the spate of coronavirus-related travel cancellations, which have included Passover-related trips. Passover can be an ordeal. The...

Shelley Ducker takes the 10 plagues seriously during her Passover seders. “We once put brown paper bags over people’s heads to simulate darkness,” the Bethesda,...

By Leanne Shor / The Nosher Bringing new life to hamantaschen was a challenge. Peopleare dead set on their favorite flavors like classic poppy seed...

Congregation Beth Stoner to Offer Baked Sales Ivana Spliff| JE STAFF Very Reform Congregation Beth Stoner, which opened in Center City in 2019, plans weekly “baked...