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Posted inOpinion

Spending time with unhoused people challenged everything I knew about Sukkot

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits and Forward September 24, 2021September 24, 2021
The dome of the US Capitol. (Photo/Wikimedia-David Maiolo)
Posted inTorah

How Sukkot, the U.S. Capitol and Abe Lincoln are connected

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 24, 2021September 23, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-enki22 CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Together again! This High Holidays, our choir was truly magical.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent September 22, 2021September 29, 2021
An oil derrick near farm fields in Oklahoma. (Photo/JTA-Sarah Nichols-Flickr Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Shmita is Judaism’s sabbatical year. It can be a model for tackling climate change and inequality.

Sen. Meghan KallmanLex Rofeberg by Sen. Meghan Kallman, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg and JTA September 20, 2021
A leather shop that used to be a synagogue in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inSukkot

For Mallorca’s Jews, their first ‘public’ sukkah is a triumph over the Spanish Inquisition

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 20, 2021
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

The song Moses gave to the Israelites

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen September 17, 2021September 15, 2021
(Photo/JTA-Matthias Kulka-Getty Images)
Posted inKids & Family

Why we’re spending the High Holidays traveling the world — virtually

Avi Dresner by Avi Dresner and JTA September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
Rabbi Sholom Lipskar (left) listens as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the Shul of Bal Harbour on June 14, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

For this rabbi near Surfside, the High Holidays are for processing communal grief

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA September 14, 2021
a man wearing a tallit and a colorful kippah seen from above in synagogue
Posted inFirst Person

We have good reasons to give ourselves credit this year. Here’s a positive viddui for Yom Kippur.

Rabbi Jillian CameronCantor Juval Porat by Rabbi Jillian Cameron, Cantor Juval Porat and JTA September 13, 2021
A mural memorializing George Floyd in Minneapolis by Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera and Greta McLain. (Photo/Lorie Shaull vai Flickr)
Posted inTorah

This week is Shabbat Shuvah — a time to practice creative discomfort

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

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