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Here’s Where to Go for Streaming High Holiday Services

A New Yorker’s guide to authentic, powerful, uplifting — and safe — worship on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Belarusian soldier guard the border to Ukraine against hundreds of Jewish pilgrims on Sept, 15, 2020. (Courtey of Shahar Eliyahu)

The Red Cross is aiding hundreds of Jewish pilgrims who have amassed at Ukraine’s closed borders

“Mostly we pray and we pray to be let in,” one pilgrim said about his daily life since landing in Belarus en route, he hoped, to Rabbi Nachman’s grave in Uman.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s next Netflix role is super Jewish and super relevant

The timing couldn’t be more prescient for Aaron Sorkin’s newest film, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” featuring Cohen as Abbie Hoffman.

Politics

On Rosh Hashanah call, Trump tells American Jews ‘We love your country’ and asks for their vote

New York

Bettering the World Begins with a Single Act

New York

Three Prayers for This Strangest of New Years

New York

Aid Groups Gear for Next Battle Against Covid-19

New York

Ami Ayalon Hasn’t Given Up on the Two-State Solution

Culture

Seasons without song: How Jews are adapting to the sudden disappearance of communal singing

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