Passover is coming up, and so the Jewish holiday is top of mind. You might be wondering why, and how the holiday of Passover, ...

In 2025, they're coming later than most people are used to. Easter's date is based on the lunar calendar. Easter comes on the ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on lunar months that begins with the first day of ... holiday that ...

Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large and host, "The Josh Hammer Show" Excerpted from Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation ... the two preservers of our biblical inheritance, on ...

Archaeologists near Rome uncovered an ancient Jewish structure used for ritual washing. Photos show the unique find for Italy. Photo from Ostia Antica Archaeological Park On the outskirts of Rome ...

Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have ...

This joyous celebration commemorates how ancient Jews were spared from ... on the 14th day of that month. Because the Hebrew calendar is based on lunar months, that means the exact dates of ...

Because the Hebrew calendar is based on lunar months, that means the exact dates of Adar, and of Purim, change on the Gregorian (solar) calendar each year. The name “Purim” means “lots” in ancient ...

Skywatchers across America will have the opportunity to see a total lunar eclipse next week if the weather cooperates. The timing of the event next week is such that the total eclipse will be ...

Athena was expected to operate for about 10 days before powering down as lunar night fell over the spacecraft’s landing site at Mons Mouton, a plateau that lies about 100 miles (160 kilometers ...

The second U.S.-built lunar spacecraft to reach the moon within a week reached the surface near the moon's south pole, but its position isn't clear. Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission, a part of ...