Rosh Hashana

Hungarian Jews baking challah breads in front of the Obuda Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 7, 2019. (Courtesy of EMIH)

Hungarian Jews to celebrate Rosh Hashanah on a boat on the Danube amid rising COVID infections

Unusual offerings in Budapest are part of an attempt to assemble hundreds of worshippers in person while adhering to emergency coronavirus measures.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 17, 2020 3:17 pm

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Jews walk down an alley leading to Pushkina Street in Uman, Ukraine on Sept. 8, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Ukraine deports 2 Israelis for knocking down social distancing barriers in Uman

“If such hooliganism continues by other foreign citizens, they, too, will be deported,” Ukraine’s deputy interior minister wrote on Facebook.

September 11, 2020 9:52 am

As Israel expects 16,000 US students, COVID-19 czar warns that rule-breakers will be deported

Some 16,000 students from the United States alone are scheduled to enter Israel before Rosh Hashanah.

August 2, 2020 3:29 pm

Ukraine to let in at least 5,000 Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah, chief rabbi says

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 31, 2020 10:45 am

Trump in New Year’s message to Jewish leaders: ‘I don’t want military conflict’ with Iran

By Ron Kampeas September 27, 2019 2:48 pm

In the Ukrainian city of Uman, businesses and mobsters follow the Jewish pilgrims

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 14, 2017 3:35 pm

Will 5776 be your Jewish year? There’s a website to help

By Lisa Keys September 8, 2015 7:21 pm

Leonard Cohen won’t perform on High Holidays

By Jana Banin July 2, 2013 11:45 am

Toronto Mayor’s (crack-free) Rosh Hashana video

By Jana Banin May 23, 2013 10:18 am

NFL, champion Ravens dismiss season opener on Rosh Hashanah

By Marcy Oster March 19, 2013 9:01 pm

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