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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 584

Shavuot

'The Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic,' by Gila Fine. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2024, 5:23 pm
A redemptive reading of Talmudic women reveals ‘radical truths’ hidden by the rabbis
Perfect for Shavuot learning, a new book by thinker Gila Fine reexamines the complex narratives of women in the Talmud, giving them new life with insightful second readings
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
The front and back covers of the 'Shavuot of Longing' cookbook from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum for the June 2024 holiday (Courtesy)
June 4, 2024, 12:39 pm
Hostages’ families share favorite Shavuot recipes as they hold out hope for loved ones
Hostages forum releases cookbook ‘Shavuot of Longing, Their Recipes on Our Table,’ as part of fundraising efforts to secure the freedom of those held captive in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Cars burned in a large brush fire at Har Turan in the Galilee region, May 27, 2023 (Fire and Rescue Services)
May 27, 2023, 12:56 pm
Homes and hikers evacuated as firefighters battle over 170 blazes amid heatwave
No injuries reported; with rain expected, police warn of flash floods; abandoned cars engulfed by flames in nature reserve near Gaza; 6 rescued when swept out at Sea of Galilee
By ToI Staff
An AI bot to generate cheesecake recipes is meant to prove that artificial intelligence can have a place in Orthodox communities. (Illustration by Mollie Suss/JTA)
May 25, 2023, 4:55 pm
App that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes pitches AI to Orthodox Jews
The Brooklyn marketing exec behind CheesecakeWizard.AI walks a fine line in an insular, internet-averse community, shopping the new tech only to those who already use the net
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Russian speakers perform havdala, a ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat, in Israel. (Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli)
May 25, 2023, 3:01 pm
Russian speakers relish a user-friendly Shavuot, and its pro-conversion message
An organization that helps build communities of newcomers from former Soviet countries has adapted the Jewish holiday’s all-night study tradition
By Canaan Lidor
File: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (L) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef convene an emergency meeting against a new proposal to overhaul the conversion to Judaism system, on June 3, 2018. (Courtesy of the Chief Rabbinate spokesperson)
May 25, 2023, 9:41 am
As demand for Orthodox Jewish conversion soars, the number of successful cases dips
The government’s protracted process is not appealing to most of the half-million Israelis who are not recognized as Jewish by the Rabbinate
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: US pop singer Madonna performs during a concert in Tel Aviv, September 1, 2009. (Amir Meiri/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 7:07 pm
Madonna said set to visit Israel for Shavuot
Singer, who also uses the unofficial name ‘Esther,’ won’t perform but will reportedly visit the graves of rabbis affiliated with the mystical Kabbalah movement
By ToI Staff
The HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project’s multilingual Omer counter highlights Jewish linguistic diversity by presenting each of the 49 days in a different language or dialect. (HUC-JIR via JTA)
April 7, 2023, 11:17 am
New project translates ritual Omer counting to 49 Jewish languages
On each of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, researchers will post recitation in different language, including Ladino, Yiddish and more obscure tongues like Judeo-Georgian
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Israelis seen at a celebration for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot in Kibbutz Sarid, in Emek Yizrael on May 16, 2021. (Anat Hermony/Flash90)
June 5, 2022, 3:29 pm
On the kibbutz, Shavuot is a time for remembering the movement’s glory days
The biblical harvest festival resonates with the agricultural collectives’ largely secular residents and offers an opportunity for pageants, concerts, fairs and other celebrations
By Hillel Kuttler
Illustrative: A Shavuot learning session at the secular Bina Yeshiva in Tel Aviv, 2015. (Courtesy Bina Yeshiva)
June 3, 2022, 2:48 pm
Four New York spots for all-night Shavuot learning in the city that never sleeps
Originating with 16th-century Jewish mystics, the custom of Tikkun Leil Shavuot is now as much a part of the holiday as cheesecake. Here are some top picks for great classes in NY
By julia GERGELY
The Rhodes Torah (Amit Dekel Productions via National Library of Israel)
June 1, 2022, 2:18 pm
National Library shows off rare Torah scrolls, including one mufti saved from Nazis
Delicate parchment filmed in time for Shavuot; one was hidden in mosque during WWII; another thought to belong to merchant said to serve as Poland’s king for a day in 16th century
By ToI Staff
Israeli medics carry wounded ultra-Orthodox men outside a synagogue in Givat Zeev, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, May 16, 2021. More than 150 people were injured in a fatal collapse of a bleacher at an uncompleted West Bank synagogue. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
May 18, 2021, 2:30 pm
With dozens of injured teens, Jerusalem hospital reels from synagogue disaster
After a bleacher in a prayer hall collapsed Sunday, killing 2 and injuring 167, Hadassah saw the type of influx only seen after terror attacks
By Nathan Jeffay
Hashomer Hachadash farm volunteers pick a field of wheat, as part of the SunDo app that matches farmers with volunteers (Courtesy Hashomer Hachadash)
May 17, 2021, 11:46 am
Farmers and volunteers find each other with agricultural app SunDo
With the harvest festival of Shavuot approaching, non-profit Hashomer Hachadash is helping to build a stronger connection between Israelis and the land through farming
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: A display of cheesecakes at a bakery in Netanya. (Chen Leopold/Flash 90)
May 17, 2021, 11:44 am
Daily Briefing: Shavuot edition – Drip irrigation for rice & (non)dairy delights
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
The site where a bleacher crowded with worshipers collapsed in a synagogue in Givat Zeev, near Jerusalem, at the start of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
May 16, 2021, 9:06 pm
2 killed, over 160 hurt as synagogue bleacher collapses near Jerusalem
Deadly incident in Givat Ze’ev occurs at celebrations just before start of Shavuot holiday; police say the unfinished building wasn’t approved for use
By ToI Staff
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