Growing up in a Jewish home, I got to learn what it means to be Jewish. You celebrate holidays with your family and eat lots of food. However, being Jewish is more about being a good person in your community, and during the process of becoming a B'nai Mitzvah, you expand upon what you have learned and...

On March 6-7 of this year, Jewish people will celebrate the festival of Purim. Purim is arguably the most popular Jewish holiday as it is one of the more enjoyable and lighthearted holidays. Because the Jewish calendar is based on the moon cycle, Purim, like all Jewish holidays, falls on a different...

WPS released the calendar for the 2022-2023 school year on April 11th  showing days off for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Indian/Hindu holiday of Diwali, and Juneteenth as new no-school days. This pushes back the tentative last day of school to June 20th, with an absolute cutoff on June 30th. For...