Posts Tagged: high holidays
Can Different Jews Unite for the High Holidays?
JNS.org - In April 2015 – in the aftermath of the death of 25-year-old African-American man Freddie Gray inside a police van after being arrested by...
Nine Ways to Celebrate the High Holidays Without Stepping Foot in a Shul
JNS.org - There is a lot of beauty to the traditional synagogue experience. However, a traditional High Holidays service just does not speak to some –...
Britain’s Lord Sugar Says Synagogues Will Be Empty With Yom Kippur Matchup of Jewish-Supported Soccer Teams
British-Jewish business tycoon Lord Alan Sugar joked on Wednesday that London synagogues will likely be empty during Yom Kippur with congregants fleeing to watch the...
When Synagogue Talk Goes Nuclear, Part 2
JNS.org - My colleagues Sean Savage and Alina Dain Sharon have been asking pulpit rabbis around America about the dilemma of whether or not they should...
High Holidays On Three Different Continents
This year, I spent the High Holidays in Brazil. My parents spent them at home in Seattle. And my younger brother spent the week in...
Rosh Hashanah 5775 Sees Record Number of Births in Israel
Rosh Hashanah 5775 and the new year ushered in a record number of new babies. Maayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak reported that 140 women gave birth...
Fears of Violence in Mixed Areas as Jewish, Muslim Holidays May Collide in Once in 30 Years Occurrence
In the wake of a summer wracked by Arab-Jewish violence within Israel, in Gaza, and in the West Bank, security and local authorities in mixed...
NEXT Maps the High Holiday Experience for Birthright Alumni
JNS.org - As the year 5775 approaches on the Jewish calendar, NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation is running its fourth annual High Holidays Initiative,...
Jewish High Holidays Cause Broadway Slump
The Jewish High Holidays aren't high times if you're on Broadway. Ticket sales dropped 10 percent last week to $18.4 million, reported the Broadway League,...
French City Bans Street Traffic Through Yom Kippur, Angering Residents
JTA - The French city of Metz closed a street to vehicular traffic for the High Holidays season, provoking angry reactions from some Muslims. Rabbin...
Volunteers and Police Come Together for the Needy on Rosh Hashanah
"ª In what is a well-established community tradition, families in the community of Talmon in Samaria got together last week prior to Rosh Hashanah to prepare...
Rosh Hashanah: Pain or Pleasure?
The Torah tells us very little about Rosh Hashanah, not even its name. The three harvest and pilgrim festivals are named: Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukot....
The High Holidays Are a Time to Unplug
Many years ago, while living in New York, I studied with a young, dynamic rabbi who had recently received smicha from Yeshiva University. Still in...
On Rosh Hashana, Mourning, and the Yom Kippur War, Revisited
1. With the Jewish high holy days approaching, I'm nervous at the realization that this year will be the first year that I will stay inside...
