Sentences with phrase «for high holidays»

My favorite profile from JDate read as follows, «I was raised Jewish and go to temple for the high holidays, but I am open to dating women who are not Jewish because my tolerance for whining, complaining, and...

She plans every year to go to temple for the High Holidays, to make her parents happy, to stay connected to something, but she never does.

They are often used for the High Holidays, as is the round format.

Not exact matches

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

Cornell's decisiveness, along with a better - than - expected holiday - season increase in sales at the website and stores open for at least a year, has revived Target's stock: The shares have jumped 30 % under the new CEO, to all - time highs.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is at its lowest level in four years, giving U.S. consumers billions more to spend this holiday season, but that extra money is being offset by higher food costs, which account for a bigger chunk of most consumers» budgets.

Green Mountain also says it's on track to introduce its own high - pressure espresso system on a limited basis in time for the holiday season.

It was late February 2016 — still high season for Asian casinos, thanks to the Lunar New Year holiday — and Ding had been here for days.

«A strong economy and labor market are generating rising incomes and higher consumer confidence, fueling a strong year for the travel industry, which will continue into the holiday season,» said Bill Sutherland, a senior vice president for the travel organization AAA.

Kick your packaging into high gear for the holidays to make it feel more like a gift and less like a transaction.

The technology giant said it will release a new gaming console, currently called Project Scorpio, during the 2017 holiday season that will be powerful enough for high - quality virtual reality video games and movies.

For retailers and small and medium sized business (SMB) owners, the winter holiday months are the last lap in a long race to finish out the year on a high note.

With the value of Bitcoin at record highs, and the holiday season upon us, there's no better time for the cryptocurrency to prove its mainstream usefulness.

For all the headlines this month of weak department store sales and closing stores, retailers enjoyed a stellar holiday season, buoyed by higher wages and soaring consumer confidence.

Interviews with nearly two dozen analysts indicate high hopes for holiday electronics sales, but estimates of what will be the hit have changed.

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week to the highest in almost three months amid holidays that may have played a role in the increase, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.

That number is even higher for millennial workers: by now, 60 % of them have begun slacking at work in anticipation of holiday festivities.

SEOUL, South Korea — Stocks were higher in Britain and Japan on Tuesday while most other major markets were closed for public holidays.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP)-- Stocks were higher in Britain and Japan on Tuesday while most other major markets were closed for public holidays.

For instance, if you send a push notification during December and see an increase in checkouts from November, this is likely due to higher user activity during the holidays.

For online merchants who sold during the 2013 holiday season, when asked which types of discounts were most effective, 48 percent indicated that «limited time sales and discounts» drove the highest conversions, with «free shipping» ranking second at 39 percent.

NRF's forecast follows those from Deloitte and AlixPartners, which call for holiday retail sales increasing between 3.8 and 4.5 percent, thanks to higher online spending and a tightening labor market.

Apple shipments via major concerns like FedEx and UPS are said to be «incredibly high» for the holiday quarter, pointing to a massive number of iPhones and whatever other units Apple announces for the fall season incoming.

«Macy's is gearing up for earnings in November and with the holiday season about to kick into high gear, Fast Money's Karen Finerman thinks there's a chance to make some cash heading into the report.»

But better products and inventory management, two of retailers» most talked - about tools for keeping prices high over the holidays, have to compete with buyers» memories of years of price cuts of 50 percent or more.

Feb 2 U.S. food companies called out rising freight costs as a reason for lower profit margins in the holiday quarter, with more pain seen in 2018 as a dearth of drivers and higher diesel prices make it even more expensive to transport products to stores.

Shares were higher in Britain and Japan on Tuesday while most other major markets were closed for public holidays.

In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changes.

U.S. sovereign bond prices were higher Tuesday, after being closed Monday for the July 4 holiday, resuming a strong «safe - haven» bid as global equities fell lower.

Slenker noted that unemployment across the Buffalo Niagara region tends to be highest in January and February because holiday - related seasonal jobs end, business tends to slump at bars and restaurants after the end - of - the - year rush and construction work tends to be at its low point for the year.

«Results reflect the company's more aggressive efforts to improve its price relevancy, as well as higher shrinkage in the last two weeks of the quarter given purchases were planned for a higher level of sales heading into the 4th of July holiday,» said Whole Foods.

U.S. stocks were mildly higher as the second quarter comes to an end on Monday, before the markets pause for the Fourth of July holiday.

In Malaysia, which has become the largest source of modules for the U.S. market, high - tech industries enjoy a 10 year tax holiday.

One factor in the poor industrial production figures for October was high car production in the previous months as automakers canceled planned summer holiday shutdowns at production sites, Koch said.

The Japanese stock market made a new two - year high on Wednesday morning, supported by positive economic news out of Beijing, while the Chinese and Korean markets were closed for a weeklong holiday.

East Tennessee doesn't have a large Jewish population, so for the first few months of my year of biblical womanhood, I searched high and low for a Jewish source to answer my questions about Jewish holidays, kosher eating, mixed fibers, head coverings, and niddah.

While he held high the host and chalice of the Eucharist, and knelt before them, elsewhere people simply felt they had no need for God, and gave their hearts instead to other things - material goods, sex, food, holidays.

Although I am very far from subscribing to the doctrine of the total depravity of man, it does seem to me to have been proved within my own lifetime that the problem of human evil is not much affected by better education, better housing, higher wages, holidays with pay, and the National Health Service — desirable as all these things may be for other good reasons.

Growing up I attended church on major holidays and for a short time during high school.

It seems to have been proved within out time that the problem of human evil is not much affected by better education, better housing, higher wages, and holidays with pay — desirable as all these things may be for other good reasons.

Security officials were aware and on high alert for attacks around holiday events in Europe.

I'm a graduate of NYC public schools and we always had off for the Jewish high holidays, which was very nice as otherwise I would have missed class those days.

and another thing, i live in MD and when i was in high school we got off for at least 3 jewish holidays as well

Currently certain cities and towns give holidays for Rosh - Hashanah and Yom Kippur — Jewish High Holy Days — and other towns do not.

At my old high school the school board marked the wrong day off its calendar — for a MUSLIM holiday — and some 63 % of students didn't show and we were forced to make that day up.It isn't just a matter of counting days, though, I would argue.

Still, his words — intended as a simple statement of fact about the different holidays celebrated among his friends — bring me back to high school history classes, learning how Christians persecuted Jews for centuries.

In the Church year the high days and holy days have given way to the mere holidays of the secular year, if only for the privileged.

On Thursday, Perry turned to an even higher power by declaring the upcoming holiday weekend «Days of Prayer for Rain.»

Perfectly white and fluffy for the winter season, these walnut - infused dough balls will look great stored in your Christmas cookie tin, so pile»em high and give them as gifts for friends and family this holiday season!

I could eat these any day of the week, although Jane does recommend saving them for high days and holidays.