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High Holidays

A High Holiday service at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Photo/File)
Posted inReligion

How to find free and accessible High Holiday services during the pandemic

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 31, 2020September 14, 2020
a long shofar resting on a table
Posted inYom Kippur

A year without a synagogue?

Rabbi Stephanie KramerRabbi Lisa Kingston by Rabbi Stephanie Kramer and Rabbi Lisa Kingston August 27, 2020August 28, 2020
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Elul: Repentance begins at home

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
Cantor Toby Glaser rehearses a prerecorded High Holiday service at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Aug. 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJewish Life

Prerecorded services, backyard worship, a drive-in: finding new ways to uphold tradition this High Holiday season

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
a close up of a woman in a white shirt with her hand over her heart
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My pandemic U-turn: Fortified, organized, full of gratitude

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz August 12, 2020August 18, 2020
A lot of plums
Posted inHigh Holidays

Flame and burn, pear and plum — dishes to prep for High Holidays

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer August 11, 2020August 11, 2020
People mill around in a brightly lit sanctuary
Posted inReligion

The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 31, 2020
Ava Hinz is a student at Mountain View High School. (Wikimedia/Bahn Mi CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inYouth Voice

It’s time for High Holidays to become official school holidays

Ava Hinz by Ava Hinz December 2, 2019December 2, 2019
Daniel Shorr (far right) and other members of Stanford’s Student Space Initiative escort a rocket he built (Photo/Courtesy Daniel Shorr)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Tashlich in spaaaaaaaacce: Send your sins to the heavens on Stanford rocket

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 21, 2019
Jodi Kantor's new book "She Said," written with her New York Times colleague Megan Twohey, gives readers an inside look at the reporting of the Harvey Weinstein story and others integral to the #MeToo movement. (Photo/JTA-Martin Schoeller-70 Faces Media Montage)
Posted inBooks

Jodi Kantor on what’s changed since her Weinstein story unleashed a #MeToo wave

by Emily Burack and JTA October 15, 2019October 15, 2019

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