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Rosh Hashanah

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
Pedestrians walk past a yeshiva in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, April 9, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Brooklyn synagogue’s windows broken during Rosh Hashanah prayers

by JTA October 3, 2019
Worshippers reach for the Torah during services at Wilderness Torah's Rosh Hashanah retreat. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Wildly celebrating the new year in the wilderness (of Sebastopol)

by Gabriel Greschler October 3, 2019October 3, 2019
The doors of the Tree of Life synagogue feature memorials surrounding the building nearly a year after the attack there that killed 11 worshippers. (Photo/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inU.S.

‘An hour at a time’: How Pittsburgh survivors are struggling a year later

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 2, 2019October 2, 2019

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