My sister, Wanda, and her boyfriend, Michael, were driving our family car in New York City when Michael came across two pieces of round fabric in the console between the two front seats. He held them up to his chest and asked my sister, “How does Angela wear these?” Neither Wanda nor Michael is Jewish,…
*The following is an excerpt from “Inviting God In” by Rabbi David Aaron. The book explores the holidays as times to personally connect with God, and it focuses on why we celebrate rather than on how to celebrate. * On Yom Kippur you can confess all your transgressions to God with the realization that they…
It’s not unusual to find overflow congregants watching High Holy Day services on a television in a synagogue classroom, but hearing songs from a recording rather than from a live cantor is still out of the ordinary. Perhaps for some it seems impersonal, nontraditional or risky. Craig Taubman’s new album, “Inscribed: Songs for Holy Days,”…
Block Island doesn’t have a synagogue. But that doesn’t stop the island’s tiny Jewish community from observing Yom Kippur — on the open deck of the Catholic parish center, with a breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean, facing Jerusalem. Too small for even one traffic light, rustic Block Island is a lamb chop-shaped bit of…
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