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A man wades through the flooded Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, N.Y., following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, Sept. 2, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Who by water? Who by fire? The climate change crisis demands a Jewish response.

by Nigel Savage, Jakir Manela and JTA September 9, 2021September 9, 2021
The Luzzatto High Holiday Machzor contains many of the same prayers that Jews recite today, including the Kaddish. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Sotheby's)
Posted inReligion

This 700-year-old Rosh Hashanah prayerbook is going on auction for $4 million

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA September 5, 2021
Ezra Furman performs at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, Nov. 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Robin Little-Redferns-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Ezra Furman is a mother, a queer role model, a Shabbat-observant indie rocker — and, now, a rabbinical student

by Ella Rockart and JTA September 3, 2021April 4, 2022
A choir performs during the 2018 graduation for the Academy for Jewish Religion California. (Photo/Courtesy Academy for Jewish Religion California)
Posted inCalifornia

This L.A. rabbinical school is moving into a Catholic university

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS September 3, 2021September 8, 2021
A vintage Rosh Hashanah greeting card
Posted inTorah

Look for the holy spark within and greet the new year with hope

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 3, 2021September 2, 2021
A vintage Rosh Hashanah greeting card
Posted inColumns

Rosh Hashanah horoscopes: time to rest, renew — and get your house in order

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude September 2, 2021
Masked congregants at Congregation Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inOpinion

Rabbis are struggling to protect Jews’ physical and spiritual health. They deserve support, not shame.

Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein by Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein and JTA September 1, 2021
(Illustration/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inTech

Need advice for the High Holidays? Ask the Robo-Rabbi.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
The Birnbaum machzor, first published in 1951, remained a staple of Orthodox synagogues despite a bounty of competitors. (Photo/JTA-Open Siddur Project)
Posted inReligion

Why this High Holiday prayer book is still going strong after 70 years

Yosef Lindell by Yosef Lindell and JTA August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
"Offering of the First Fruits," illustration from a postcard published ca. 1900 by the Providence Lithograph Company
Posted inTorah

The gift and wonder of newness

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 27, 2021August 26, 2021

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