Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts

Labor Day is celebrated in the United States on the first Monday of September. Today, many people think of it as the unofficial end of summer, a long weeke…

The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah begins a ten-day period of reflection leading to Yom Kippur. Many districts with significant Jewish communities close sc…

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its history goes back thousands of years, all the way to the tim…