Articles from Beth Kissileff

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(From left) Beth Kissileff, writer of this piece; her husband, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a survivor of the Oct. 31, 2018 shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; and Pitssburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church during a service for victims of the mass shooting. (Photo/JTA-Salwan Georges-The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Rosh Hashanah

My congregation prayed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashanah.

by Beth Kissileff and JTA September 24, 2019September 26, 2019

Our sages teach us that “kol hatchalot kashot,” all beginnings are difficult. This phrase feels especially resonant this Rosh Hashanah. The man who blew the shofar last year at my Pittsburgh synagogue, New Light, is not […]