Take Me Home, Shavuot
Some of Samson Rabinowitz’s earliest memories are being surrounded by family, friends and fellow Jewish community members at Cacapon Resort State Park. The Rabinowitz...
At Sixth & I, a Shavuot of Storytelling
Natalie Thomas discovered Judaism as a teenager.
“You can imagine my surprise when, at 15, I had this feeling inside me like a breeze, urging...
Ruth’s Redeeming Quality
Rabbi Rachel Hersh
The Jewish festival of Shavuot begins this evening at sundown. Of the three pilgrimage festivals, Shavuot often gets less attention, though it...
Why count the omer?
When the Temple stood, the omer period began with the sacrifice of barley on the second day of Passover and ended seven weeks later...
This blintz recipe survived the Holocaust
By June Hersh
Blintzes are one of Shavuot’s most popular dishes. Long associated with Ashkenazi cooking, the light and airy hug of the blintz pancake...
Got milk? Shavuot is coming
By Linda Morel
Falling seven weeks after Passover, the most observed of all Jewish holidays, Shavuot is the most overlooked holiday on the Jewish calendar.
That...