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COVID brought new levels of meaning to Jewish high holidays. Here's how
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMore than any other time of the year, the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are when...
Is Juneteenth Friday? Is it Monday? Here is why the answer isn't always obvious
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 11 months ago“I think words matter, but we know that actions matter even more,” said Gov. Phil Murphy in June...
Juneteenth became a federal holiday two years ago. What does the day commemorate?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCorrection: A previous version of this story misstated the year the 13th Amendment was passed. In...
While Juneteenth is a US Holiday, some workers in Indianapolis did not get the day off
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt's been just over a year since President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day...
What's closed and what's open on Juneteenth 2023
CBS News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMonday, June 19, marks the third time Juneteenth is observed nationwide as a federal holiday. A commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States,...
Juneteenth 2022: Why the day should matter to all Americans
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was 2020. Demonstrators took to the streets nationwide declaring Black lives mattered in the...
Florida among 2 dozen states that do not recognize Juneteenth. What to know about holiday
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAmerica’s youngest federal holiday, Juneteenth, is rapidly approaching. The holiday, which became...
What's open and closed on Juneteenth? What to know about mail delivery, schools and more
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe nation's youngest federal holiday, Juneteenth, is Sunday. Although the day falls on June 19,...
The Best Way to Honor Juneteenth, According to Activists Who Helped Make It a National Holiday
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA young girl sits on a man's shoulders during the Louisville Juneteenth Festival at the Big Four...
Juneteenth as a paid holiday? Some states stall or say no
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople attend Juneteenth celebrations in Harlem in New York last year. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez /...