Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights
December 18, 2009 by Kathleen J Kaminski
Filed under Culture, Culture by Country, Featured, Israel, Religion
Glowing candles, the spinning of a top, the smell of foods frying, these are the signs that Hanukkah is here. Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. It is a celebration of a miracle that lasts eight nights.
World Religions Spotlight: Yom Kippur, A Jewish Holiday
September 28, 2009 by Elias Hawke
Filed under Culture, Culture by Country, Featured, Israel, Religion
Today it is Yom Kippur, the holiest day for Jewish people around the
world. The Jewish religion is almost an indistinguishable component of
the people that observe it and it would be inexcusable for us to ignore
its cultural implications.

