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Rabbi Matt Soffer blows the shofar during a Rosh Hashanah service in remembrance of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sept. 19, 2020. (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death changed Rosh Hashanah services this year

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA September 21, 2020
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Libra, the sign of the month of Tishrei. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Tishrei: In this new year, ‘aleph’ is for ‘action’ 

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude September 21, 2020September 24, 2020
a man in his 40s stands smiling in front of a Zoom sign
Posted inRosh Hashanah

How one Zoom employee saved High Holidays streaming for 300 synagogues

by Ben Harris and JTA September 18, 2020
The Unetaneh Tokef prayer in Mahzor Lev Shalem (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inTorah

Who by virus and who by fire? Who by fear and who by racism?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg September 18, 2020September 17, 2020
Abi Finer-Tominaga sounds the shofar in front of his house in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. (Photo/Yuki Tominaga)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Wail of the shofar connects Bay Area Jews in uncertain time

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 15, 2020September 16, 2020
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inReligion

Oakland synagogue celebrates new year with long-awaited eruv

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
A Persian Rosh Hashanah Seder (Header image design by Grace Yagel; original illustration by art-skvortsova/Getty images)
Posted inOpinion

Even this year, I am excited for my Mizrachi Rosh Hashanah seder

Donna Maher by Donna Maher and JTA September 14, 2020
Tashlich at Wilderness Torah's 2019 Rosh Hashanah retreat. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Tashlich ritual will give people a rare chance to gather together during pandemic High Holidays

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2020
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inReligion

A blessing or a curse? The choice is yours to make.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein September 11, 2020September 10, 2020
Rebecca Crystal blows the shofar in Chicago in preparation for welcoming the High Holidays, August 2020. (Photo/Courtesy See3 Digital Events)
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Rosh Hashanah dinner, Yom Kippur break-fast, sukkah hops: How risky are these High Holiday activities during the pandemic?

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA September 10, 2020

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