Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah... most non-Jewish people have at least a vague idea of what those Jewish holidays commemorate, celebrate or honor. But how about Shavuot, the "Feast of Weeks?" ...

Passover, an eight-day Jewish festival, begins on April 12 and ends April 20. The holiday commemorates the Israelites' liberation from slavery in Egypt. During Passover, Jewish people avoid leavened ...