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Hanukkah 2010 Celebrations Begin Across the Web!
Dec 1st 2010 – 12:44PM
(Dec. 1) -- The Festival of Lights is once again upon us. Jews around the world will celebrate the first night of Hanukkah tonight. The holiday commemorates the underdog Maccabees' victory in 165 B.C. over their powerful Syrian oppressors who, according to tradition, had taken over the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and defiled...
'Shana Tova': Rosh Hashana 2010 Best of the Web
Sep 8th 2010 – 1:13PM
(Sept. 8) -- Tonight marks the beginning of Rosh Hashana, the celebration of the Jewish New Year. Literally meaning "head of the year" or "first of the year," much like the secular new year, the holiday is time for reflection and resolutions. To mark the occasion, Surge Desk extends a "Shana Tova u'Metuka" (a good and...
Background on jewish holiday
Jewish holidays are days observed by Jews as holy or secular commemorations of important events in Jewish history.
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