A well-thumbed book from my Lutheran childhood is now the ideal text for my Shavuot study and reflection

A year after the ‘cottage-cheese protests,’ Israel’s boutique cheese-makers face a busy Shavuot

I thought Jewish law left no role for me to grieve when my fiancé’s brother died. Now, I finally can.

First as cattle dealers and now as dairy farmers, the author’s family has long been defined by their cows. A trip back to their Bavarian homeland revealed this legacy to be more unusual—and fraught—than she’d ever imagined.

Bill Berman is an anomaly among South Florida’s dairymen, few of whom start their day putting on tefillin

Bella Meyer traces her love of flowers to time she spent with her grandfather, Marc Chagall. Now as the owner of a Manhattan shop, Fleurs Bella, Meyer is creating her own art with blossoms as her medium.

Shavuot is celebrated with all-night study sessions. We asked four people we admire—a novelist, a musician, a rabbi, and a theologian—what texts they’d like to read in the early-morning hours.