Labor Day, May 1, is an annual holiday that resulted from efforts of the labor union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers.
Legend has it that Buddha invited all the animals to his kingdom, but only 12 attended. Because of that, Buddha dedicated a year to each animal. People born would from then on would inherit some of the animal’s characteristics, depending on which year they were born. On the eve of…
Tisha B’Av is a fast day that memorializes the devastation of the 1st and 2nd Temples in Jerusalem. In addition, it also became a day of public bereavement for other great calamities that have befallen the Jewish people, from the Decree of Expulsion from England in 1290 to the mass…