(RNS) — The advent of summer fills me with dread. Not that I don’t enjoy warm days, barbecues or vacations. They’re all very nice. But, as an Orthodox Jew, summers, to me, also mean days of fasting ...

This Shabbat we bentch Rosh Chodesh Tamuz, which will be on Thursday and Friday, June 26 and 27. In our fixed calendar, Sivan always has 30 days; hence Rosh Chodesh Tamuz is always two days. Tamuz ...

(RNS) — It was a “one size fits all” day of Jewish mourning. That is what I remember about the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av — the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, which Jews observe in mid-summer ...