Israeli Holidays

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Tu B’Shvat observance at illegal Jewish outposts

All Israel News Staff February 6, 2023

JEWISH SETTLEMENTS | NEWS BRIEF | TU B'SHVAT | ISRAELI HOLIDAYS

Israelis celebrate ‘New Year of the Trees’ by planting

All Israel News Staff February 6, 2023

Since 1901, the Jewish National Fund has planted more than 250 million trees all over the land of Israel

TU B'SHVAT | ISRAELI HOLIDAYS

Israel observes Yom Kippur, national day of prayer and repentance, beginning Tuesday at sundown

All Israel News Staff October 4, 2022

The Jewish state will shut down for 25 hours for Day of Atonement

YOM KIPPUR | JEWISH HOLIDAYS | ISRAELI HOLIDAYS

Rosh HaShanah

Two surprising things about Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year – that many Christians may not know

Joseph Magen September 25, 2022

Also – why do Jews also use Hebrew letters to refer to the Jewish year and not just numbers?

ROSH HASHANAH | ISRAELI HOLIDAYS | JEWISH HOLIDAYS

guest column

Shavuot and Pentecost: Similarities between the Old and New Testament events are reflected in scripture

Uri Steinberg June 4, 2022

GUEST COLUMN | SHAVUOT | CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS | ISRAELI HOLIDAYS

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Racial slurs, rocks, soaring tensions as Jerusalem Day draws 70,000 to city and a record 2,600 Jews to Temple Mount

Nicole Jansezian May 29, 2022

Violence continues throughout the evening but the day passed without major incidents – or rockets

JERUSALEM DAY | TEMPLE MOUNT | ISRAELI HOLIDAYS

passover

Jews in Israel and around the world celebrate Passover – a festival of liberation

All Israel News Staff April 15, 2022

How is Jesus’ story connected to Passover? Why do Jews not eat bread during the week-long holiday? What does “Seder” mean? Here’s your quick guide to the Jewish holiday

PASSOVER | ISRAELI HOLIDAYS

I'm dreaming of a white... Purim? Holiday celebrations come early this year as nation braces for the first Purim snow in three decades

All Israel News Staff March 14, 2022

Cold snap, snow expected this week throughout Israel, despite spring being only weeks away

ISRAELI HOLIDAYS | PURIM | WEATHER IN ISRAEL

guest column

Hanukkah in ancient and modern Israel: 'A great miracle happened there'

Arlene Bridges Samuels December 5, 2021

Author wonders whether Jesus used the occasion of Hanukkah to declare the He is the light of the world

HANUKKAH | ISRAELI HOLIDAYS | GUEST COLUMN

HANUKKAH

Hanukkah begins tonight – and the show will go on without COVID-related lockdowns

All Israel News Staff November 28, 2021

Here is a short history of the non-biblical Jewish holiday, which apparently even Jesus observed

ISRAELI HOLIDAYS | HANUKKAH

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