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Rosh Hashanah

Honey Cake with Silan and Spices (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Sweet, spicy and crunchy updates to classic Rosh Hashanah desserts

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer August 25, 2021
Left: Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin as a bar mitzvah with Cantor Doron Shapira at Peninsula Sinai in Congregation, 2010. Right: Years later, he's getting ready to help lead Peninsula Sinai for the High Holidays.
Posted inHigh Holidays

As a kid he loved his Foster City synagogue. This High Holidays, he’s going to help lead it.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
A synagogue-goer packs up his tallit, or prayer shawl, after services in Vienna, Austria, in July 2021. (Photo/JTA-Adam Berry-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Is it safe to attend Rosh Hashanah services? Should kids? Your Covid-19 High Holiday questions, answered.

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 23, 2021
(From left) Grilled Whole Spicy Tomato Cauliflower,
Mustard-Garlic Grilled Chicken and Potato-Apple Skewers (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

When Jewish New Year meets Labor Day, it’s time to get your grill on

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer August 19, 2021
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
Posted inReligion

Rabbis are supposed to offer hope on the High Holidays. What if I can’t?

Rabbi Rachel Barenblat by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and JTA August 18, 2021
A congregant recites the blessing on the Shabbat candles at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

Synagogues had big High Holiday plans. Then came the delta variant.

by Gabriel Greschler August 12, 2021August 12, 2021
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Horoscopes for month of Elul: Teshuva time, and not a moment too soon

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 9, 2021
School buses in Boston lined up on the first day of school in 2014. (Photo/JTA-David L Ryan-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Where Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school, districts wrestle with whether to change their plans

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 8, 2021
Israeli Police at a temporary checkpoint in Jerusalem, on Sept. 21, 2020, to help enforce a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel has nearly 7,000 violations of national lockdown over Rosh Hashanah

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 22, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg chats with her granddaughter Clara in the documentary "RBG." (Photo/Courtesy Magnolia Pictures)
Posted inOpinion

Let RBG’s memory be a blessing — and an inspiration

Hannah Lukanuski by Hannah Lukanuski September 22, 2020September 22, 2020

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