High Holidays

New crop of High Holidays children’s books take place in Uganda, Hong Kong and a Sephardic home

New stories about forgiveness for kids of all ages channel the Jewish holiday spirit.

Where to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in New York City in 2024

From traditional services to concerts and walking tours, New York offers something for everyone.

For rabbis writing High Holiday sermons during the Israel-Hamas war, procrastination pays off

“Being a rabbi is being able to pivot and to give meaning and significance and the grounding of Torah to current events,” said Rabbi Nicole Guzik of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.

New York

Where to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in New York City this year

The Sit-Down

High Holiday prayers not working for you? Try remixing metaphors.

New York

No synagogue membership? No problem at these High Holiday events in NYC

Ideas

For the sin we have sinned by making people feel unwelcome at synagogues

Global

2 years after the synagogue attack in Halle, Germany, young Jews gather to turn mourning into activism

Text Messages

Like America, Genesis has 2 creation stories. Simchat Torah renews our ability to tell them both

A leather shop that used to be a synagogue in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Cnaan Liphshiz

Global

For Mallorca’s Jews, their first ‘public’ sukkah is a triumph over the Spanish Inquisition

Sections

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