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  2. Jewish Book Month - Wikipedia

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    Jewish Book Month is an important annual event in both the North American Jewish community and the publishing world. It is sponsored by the Jewish Book Council. It is held annually in the month before the Chanukah gift-giving season (roughly during the month of November). Book fairs are held in most major cities with Jewish communities, albeit ...

  3. Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized: halLūaḥ hāʿĪḇrī), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of ...

  4. Purim - Wikipedia

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    Purim (/ ˈpʊərɪm /; [1] פּוּרִים ‎ Pūrīm ⓘ, lit. ' lots '; see Name below) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther (usually dated to the 5th century BCE).

  5. Rosh Hashanah - Wikipedia

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    Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה‎, Rōʾš hašŠānā, literally 'head of the year') is the New Year in Judaism. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה‎, Yōm Tərūʿā, lit. 'day of shouting/blasting'). It is the first of the High Holy Days (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים ...

  6. Jewish Book Council - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish Book Council formed the JBC Network in 1999 to serve as a central address for book programming. It functions on a year-round basis, although the primary focus remains on the Fall Jewish Book Month season. The Jewish Book Council assists with program suggestions and coordinates the speaking tours of more than 260 authors who travel ...

  7. Missing years (Jewish calendar) - Wikipedia

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    Missing years (Jewish calendar) The missing years in the Hebrew calendar refer to a chronological discrepancy between the rabbinic dating for the destruction of the First Temple in 422 BCE (3338 Anno Mundi) [1] and the academic dating of it in 587 BCE. In a larger sense, it also refers to the discrepancy between conventional chronology versus ...

  8. Jewish Book Week - Wikipedia

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    Claudia Rubinstein. Jewish Book Week is a literary festival in London, held annually in February and March, [1] that explores Jewish literature, ideas and culture. [2] The festival was founded in 1952 and since 2012 it has been presented at Kings Place. [3] It is organised by the UK Jewish Literary Foundation [2] and its director is Claudia ...

  9. Rosh Chodesh - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh (ראש חודש ‎; trans. Beginning of the Month; lit. Head of the Month) is a minor holiday observed at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon. [1] Rosh Chodesh is observed for either one or two days, depending on whether the previous month contained 29 ...

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