Defying Ukraine’s wartime warnings, thousands of Hasidic pilgrims have made it to Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Some are ignoring curfew and other local rules imposed since the Russian invasion — a war that has seen the town bombed multiple times
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A Long Island synagogue’s renovations uncover a massive work of art
At the High Holidays, many Merrick Jewish Centre congregants will get a first look at a forgotten treasure
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Pay to pray? Not anymore. Many synagogues no longer charging for High Holiday tickets
‘It makes sense to us to reduce any perceived barriers to coming to synagogue,’ one rabbi said
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For fear of catching COVID, some synagogue members still plan on a virtual Rosh Hashanah
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ESPN documentary focuses on Holocaust and Munich massacre survivor Shaul Ladany
ESPN veteran Jeremy Schaap, who is Jewish and has won 11 Emmys, traveled to Israel and through Germany to tell Ladany’s story
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In London, a special needs school is rare meeting point for haredi Orthodox and secular Jews
Gesher meets the needs of Jewish families of all denominations and splits the religious difference by committing to a Modern Orthodox approach
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As the Democrats’ chief deputy whip, Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz herds her colleagues for key votes. So I figured she could rustle up nine Jews.
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Dispatch from London: In Jewish neighborhoods, shuls and kosher cafes shuttered as Britain buries her queen
A week before the High Holidays, the royal funeral prompts a meditation on ritual and change
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AJU sells campus to corporation that beat Jewish school’s final offer
Community mikvah will stay open in the short term; rare Jewish book collection on the move
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5 questions for a Kyiv rabbi as the High Holidays approach
‘This year people will pray heartily for the horrors of the war to be over,’ said Rabbi Joseph Azman
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