2020 High Holidays

Kiryas Joel Satmar rabbi to skip Rosh Hashanah in Brooklyn because of rising COVID cases in his town

Cases are on the rise in both Kiryas Joel and Brooklyn, according to reports from community leaders in both places.

By Shira Hanau September 16, 2020 10:14 pm

‘I miss you. And I love you’: What American rabbis are thinking as the Jewish new year dawns during the pandemic

We reached out to rabbis in pulpits across the country and the denominational spectrum to hear the messages they hope to impart to their communities as a Jewish new year dawns.

September 14, 2020 4:18 pm

Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue will be closed for the High Holidays for the first time

Even with Israel’s upcoming lockdown rules in effect, “there is still a risk” of spreading the coronavirus in person, the synagogue said in a statement.

September 14, 2020 12:00 pm