Pesach or Passover as it’s known in English is a spring festival. In the springtime there’s a feeling of newness, of renewal. The land comes to life as trees bud and flowers bloom. It’s the time of year when a half a billion migrating birds fly over the land of Israel. The earth seems to

Hanukkah is under attack around the world. We see municipalities refusing to allow a public lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah. Given that Hanukkah celebrates the Jewish tenacity to cling to their God given faith, it is worrying to see this assault happen in our countries. It is especially disturbing given the visceral, unprecedented attacks on

Every year at this time Jews sit in a Sukkah, to commemorate how their ancestors journeyed from Egypt. On the Hebrew calendar it begins at sundown on the evening of the 14th of Tishrei and runs the day of the 15th.  That’s tonight and tomorrow. “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this