The festival of Shavuot, which falls on June 12, is also known as the Feast of Weeks and the Festival of the Covenant. It is probably the most popular Jewish festival, particularly in Israel. Exactly ...

Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah ... most non-Jewish people have at least a vague idea of what those commemorate, celebrate or honor. But how about Shavuot, the "Feast of Weeks?" Shavuot, which means ...

When you think of Jewish holidays, a few may come to mind. Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, maybe. But what about Shavuot? The holiday – which means "weeks" in Hebrew, and is referred ...

Shavuot’s journey from an agricultural celebration to commemorating the Giving of the Torah, and its eventual return to an agricultural focus, underscores the adaptability of Jewish tradition. The ...

Reporting from Tel Aviv — Last weekend, we left the city behind and drove about an hour south to my mother-in-law’s kibbutz to see the rolling fields of ripening wheat ready to be harvested just ...

Shavuot is the holiday of Israeli Jewishness. It is a holiday that Israelis keep reinventing, time and again, so as not to let it deteriorate into oblivion. It is a holiday with a problem: nothing ...

(JTA) — Let’s face it: Shavuot is the National Hockey League of Jewish holidays. In terms of popularity, Passover, the High Holy Days and Hanukkah are the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball. Shavuot ...

This week, Jewish communities around the world celebrate Shavuot. Compared with Sukkot and Passover, the two other pilgrimage holidays, Shavuot is not nearly as well known, let alone observed. While ...

Cheesecake is among the foods traditionally eaten during Shavuot. The Basher cheese shop in Tel Aviv's upscale Sarona Market was quiet on an early spring afternoon, with just an occasional customer ...

An often-overlooked spring holiday, Shavuot commemorates the moment when God gave the Torah to the Jewish people. For generations, Jews have celebrated with communal Torah study sessions, called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shavuot, which means "weeks" in Hebrew, is probably the most important Jewish holiday non-Jews have never heard of, commemorating ...