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Yom Kippur

image of small rocks being washed by water on a beach
Posted inHolidays

Make a vow this Yom Kippur: Remove your heart of stone

Rabbi Naomi Levy by Rabbi Naomi Levy September 20, 2017September 20, 2017
Empty businesses stand along Avenida Munoz Rivera as residents prepare for a direct hit from Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wroblewski-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Rosh Hashanah services canceled in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria hits

by JTA September 20, 2017March 19, 2018
Piles of ruined books from United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston. The congregation lost many of its prayer books and replenished them through donations. (Photo/Courtesy United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston)
Posted inNews

How Harvey-devastated Houston synagogues are handling High Holy Days

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 20, 2017March 19, 2018
Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco is one of many groups offering free or low-cost High Holiday services this year. (Photo/file)
Posted inJewish Life

Free and low-cost Yom Kippur services around the Bay Area

by J. Staff September 18, 2017September 29, 2017
Sarah Chandler leads a twist on the kapparot ritual in which participants hug chickens rather than swinging them over their heads. (Photo/Courtesy Sarah Chandler)
Posted inJewish Life

Hugging a chicken, yizkor for gun victims and other twists on High Holy Days rituals

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 18, 2017
Deuteronomy 30:11-12: "This commandment is not in heaven, that you should say: ‘Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us?’" (Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inColumns

Making a change may seem herculean, but you can do it

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman September 15, 2017September 13, 2017
From the cover of "Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale" by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Jim Starr
Posted inJewish Life

Giant challah, perfect pumpkin populate new crop of holiday kids’ books

by Penny Schwartz September 7, 2017September 7, 2017
Posted inYom Kippur

G-dcast goat carries away people’s sins, but will the little guy return?

by J. Staff October 2, 2015April 3, 2019

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