For thousands of years, ancient civilizations organized their lives around the moon rather than the sun. They tracked lunar ...

Well there is an interesting, possible Jewish connection to this faraway island. During World War Two, there were some Jewish ...

So some districts have peppered a few extra days off around breaks or in stretches of the calendar with fewer holidays. If everyone has the day off, teachers can keep students on the same page in ...

Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month began as a weeklong celebration in 1968. The now month-long observance—from September 15 to October 15—incorporates the independence days of Chile, Costa Rica, El ...

The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.

The Maya astrological calendar had 260 days, and it was used to divine individuals' destinies. In the Dresden Codex, there is ...

Most animals, including humans, carry an internal lunar clock, tuned to the 29.5-day rhythm of the Moon. It guides sleep, ...

Calls to deepen Jewish-Catholic relations echoed at an event marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, a declaration by ...

JTA — The University of Maryland Student Government Association passed a boycott, divestment and sanctions resolution on Yom Kippur, drawing condemnation from Jewish leaders on campus who said its ...

The gathering was inside the Brooklyn home of a Jewish film director. The crowd, according to several people in attendance, was skeptical. Zohran Mamdani had arrived to greet approximately 60 people, ...

A Jewish woman from Toronto was harassed and filmed by anti-Israel demonstrators as she passed near the Israeli Consulate in the city, according to a video that circulated widely on social media in ...