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High Holidays

A synagogue built last year at the Babyn Yar memorial site near Kyiv is meant to resemble a pop-up book. It can fold up and open with a winch. (Photo/JTA-David Saveliev)
Posted inUncategorized

Across Ukraine, a somber High Holiday season captures how war has ravaged a growing Jewish community

by David Saveliev, Nicholas Bennett and JTA October 4, 2022October 4, 2022
Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Chani Bockwinkel)
Posted inTorah

Repentance: Don’t make it a big deal. Just look inward and say what’s right

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg September 23, 2022September 22, 2022
President Joe Biden delivers remarks before a menorah lighting ceremony in celebration of Hanukkah in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 1, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Biden to host first-ever White House Rosh Hashanah party

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 21, 2022
Camp Tawonga's 2018 annual Rosh Hashanah service in the park
Posted inCommunity

UPDATED: Free and low-cost High Holiday services around the Bay

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 15, 2022October 3, 2022
Altars from 3rd century BCE temple compound in Tel Arad containing burned cannabis residue (Photo/Israel Museum)
Posted inJewish Life

Finding awe in the Days of Awe — with cannabis

Rabbi James Kahn by Rabbi James Kahn September 8, 2022September 14, 2022
(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 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
Luke Evans (left) and Bobby Cannavale in "Nine Perfect Strangers." (Photo/Vince Valitutti-Hulu)
Posted inTV & Film

Spending the High Holidays with ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ 

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 3, 2021September 3, 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

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