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High Holidays

a long shofar resting on a table
Posted inYom Kippur

A year without a synagogue?

Rabbi Stephanie KramerRabbi Lisa Kingston by Rabbi Stephanie Kramer and Rabbi Lisa Kingston August 27, 2020August 28, 2020
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Elul: Repentance begins at home

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
Cantor Toby Glaser rehearses a prerecorded High Holiday service at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Aug. 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJewish Life

Prerecorded services, backyard worship, a drive-in: finding new ways to uphold tradition this High Holiday season

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
a close up of a woman in a white shirt with her hand over her heart
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My pandemic U-turn: Fortified, organized, full of gratitude

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz August 12, 2020August 18, 2020
People mill around in a brightly lit sanctuary
Posted inReligion

The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 31, 2020
Hal Redsun as a Navy medic in 1946 (Photo/Courtesy Hal Redsun)
Posted inFirst Person

A sailor remembers High Holidays in 1946 in Guantanamo, Cuba

Hal Redsun today (Photo/Alan J. Manewitz-AJM Photo) by Harold Redsun September 24, 2019September 23, 2019
Posted inBay Area

ADL issues security alert after anti-Semitic fliers found at East Bay synagogues

by Rob Gloster September 7, 2018September 12, 2018
(Photo/Flickr-sue seecof CC BY 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Rosh Hashanah resolution: The to-do list can wait.

by Julie Levine September 6, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump at their historic summit in Singapore, June 12, 2018. (Photo/Kevin Lim-The Strait Times-Handout-Getty Images)
Posted inEditorial

The Days of Awe: shelter from the tweetstorm

by J. Editorial Board September 5, 2018September 5, 2018
(Illustration/JTA-Charles Dunst; Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Join the High Holidays prep renaissance. All you need is the internet.

Wendie Bernstein LashLex RofebergEstee Solomon Gray by Wendie Bernstein Lash, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg and Estee Solomon Gray September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

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