Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
My friend Leslie Mirchin told me once that this is the best moment in Jewish history. I said that couldn’t be true. Everything is going wrong. Israel is a mess. In America, Judaism means less than ever to ever-more people. In France, Jews are fleeing violent anti-Semitism of a sort that I thought had disappeared….
During the High Holidays, many Jewish families are making sure they’re stocked up on sweet red wine, a traditional way of symbolically asking for a “sweet” new year. But symbolism within Jewish practice has expanded — such as with the use of an orange on the Seder plate — to accommodate an ever diversifying people….
This High Holiday season more than most, the unspoken agreement among many families to avoid potentially explosive topics such as politics seems more sound than ever. So what’s a family to talk about? The food, of course. And since so many families will be sitting down to a dinner with brisket as its centerpiece, we…
Judaism hasn’t always been an important part of my life. Over the years my Jewish Identity has changed more times than the Minnesota Vikings have changed quarterbacks. There was the Hebrew School phase, the Bar Mitzvah phase (aka the glory days), the summer camp phase (not really something you phase out of), among others. Admittedly,…
Jewish holidays are joyous occasions — food abounds, the family gathers together and there’s laughing, singing and (sometimes) dancing. But nothing stresses out the modern Jewish woman quite like finding the perfect outfit to wear for the holiday. You see, besides for being edifices of holiness and prayer, synagogues are also the Jewish version of…
It’s almost Rosh Hashanah. I am reading about the violent expulsion of the Rohingya Muslims half a world away — villages burned, women raped, a staggering number of children orphaned and homeless — and I’m trying to figure out how I should react and what I should say to you. This is a classic 2017…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization in partnership with Yachad Ohr Torah Stone will host holiday services on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, expecting to reach close to 70,000 people throughout Israel. Through its network of volunteers, 250 shofar blowers will provide their services in cities, moshavim and kibbutzim around the country and…
A few weeks ago, Holly Davies was getting ready to homeschool her kids and preparing the family for the High Holidays. When Hurricane Harvey hit, she helped evacuate 150 people from her neighborhood by airboat and shelter nearly 100 people in a local church. Then came the hard part. For the past three weeks, Davies…
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