Shavuot

Wine Talk: Wine and cheese, please

On Shavuot, it is traditional to serve dairy products, and it is the perfect opportunity to have a wine and cheese party.

YARDEN SAUVIGNON BLANC is perfect with goat cheese. Cheese and wine are natural partners.
Cheese and fruit board

In the kitchen with Henny: Cheesy does it

BNEI AKIVA youth movement members dance with a Torah scroll at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day, on May 20, 1974.

Your Investments: Financial freedom and Jerusalem unification

A Shavuot table designed by Hamashbir experts

Shavuot table design: The guide to festive hosting


Jews are in a moment of broken illusions, but we’re stronger than we think - opinion

Our Torah portions offer comfort, reminding us that the past was never perfect and that the gap between the real and ideal has been part of our DNA from time immemorial.

 Friends and family attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Tzur Avraham at the military cemetery in Modi'in, June 16, 2024.

Thoughts on Shavuot and the counting of the Omer

Torah is more than the Pentateuch – it’s an expression of the ‘mind of God’

 STUDYING TORAH at Lindebaum Seminary, Jerusalem.

Shavuot: A 'gouda' history of cheese names and terms

Let’s open the playing field and take a look at some of the delicacies that have graced cheese platters and delectable dishes over the centuries.

 CHEESE BLINTZES are a favorite on Shavuot.

Northern kibbutzim celebrate Shavuot as Hezbollah rockets explode above

Kibbutzim celebrated Shavuot with traditional festivities amidst eerily lively skies filled with rockets and missiles fired by Hezbollah, with kids exclaiming in awe, "Like fireworks."

 Israelis celebrate the Jewish holiday of Shavuot in Kibbutz Ein Ziwan, Golan Heights on June 11, 2024.

Say Cheese: Israel’s dairy holiday has hopes and holes

Israel celebrates the holiday of Shavuot, commonly associated with cheese, as the country’s dairy farms overcome war-related threats and labor shortages.

Montgomery's cheddar cheese

Nostalgia of the palate: The importance of cheesecake on Shavuot

Just Google “cheesecake” or “Shavuot,” and you will quickly discover scores of tried and tested options. The same goes for blintzes and umpteen other dairy dishes. Enjoy!

 THE WRITER, Greer Fay Cashman, with her late husband, Danny, enjoying a bowl of fruit and cheesecake, three decades ago. She gave up smoking not long afterward.

Counting Israel's modern heroes ahead of Shavuot

Counting, counting. For months we’ve been counting. How about counting heroes from Passover to Shavuot – not just biblical, but modern-day heroes?

 EDEN GOLAN represents Israel on stage at the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 11, 2024.

Shavuot: The beauty of the Jewish Torah, agricultural holiday

There are several underlying principles to Shavuot, from agriculture to the Torah.

 A POSTER from the late 1940s depicting the Shavuot festival in Israel.

Why are blintzes trending in Israel? Exploring the delicacy's connection to Shavuot

Cheese blintzes, with their rich, creamy filling, perfectly embody the festive and indulgent spirit of Shavuot.

Cheese and fruit blintzes

Fighting against antisemitism effectively: Non-Jews should engage too - opinion

Every citizen should repudiate those who abuse free speech by harassing, threatening, intimidating, and trying to make Jews feel uncomfortable for being Jewish and pro-Israel.

 PROTESTERS GATHER at an encampment in support of Palestinians at McGill University’s campus in Montreal in April.