High Holidays

For Secular Israeli Teens, the Eve of Yom Kippur is a Night of Forbidden Love

by Andrew Tobin, JTA | 4 hours ago | Community, High Holidays, Milestones, Religion

SHOHAM, Israel (JTA) — Ely Cohen topped off his all-white outfit with a few spritzes of cologne. At sundown, the start of Yom Kippur, such “anointments” would no longer be kosher, and he wanted to be ready for the big night. He had just started...

Getting an Early Jump on Rosh Hashanah

by Staff Report | Sep 18, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Religion

To celebrate the impending arrival of 5778, the Jewish Federation of Howard County held its annual Jew Year’s Eve celebration on Sept. 14. About 130 people attended the festive gathering. This slideshow requires JavaScript. The event, held at the Gudelsky Center...

This Factory Makes Thousands of Shofars Each Year

by Andrew Tobin, JTA | Sep 12, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Spirituality

GIVAT YOAV, Golan Heights (JTA) – Shimon Keinan has a business to run. He doesn’t have time to teach you how to blow the shofar. But if you come all the way to his Kol Shofar factory here, Keinan is going to make sure you walk away with the horn that’s...

High Holidays 2017: Recipes, Memories, Tips and More

by JMORE Staff | Sep 12, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Education, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality

The High Holiday season includes Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year (Sept. 20-22); Yom Kippur, the most solemn and sacred day on the Hebrew calendar (Sept. 29-30); Sukkot, an agriculture-based festival (Oct. 4-11); Shemini Atzeret, which includes the prayer for rain...

These Christians Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

by Ben Sales, JTA | Sep 12, 2017 | Community, High Holidays, Religion

NEW YORK (JTA) — On the night of Rosh Hashanah, thousands of people will leave work, gather in congregations across the globe and worship God, the ruler of the world. Ten days later they will begin a fast and gather again to pray, this time atoning for their...

Hug a Chicken and 4 Other Twists on Traditional High Holidays Rituals

by Ben Sales, JTA | Sep 11, 2017 | Community, High Holidays

NEW YORK (JTA) — Picture services for the High Holidays: A roomful of congregants sitting with heavy books in their laps listening to a rabbi sermonize or a cantor chant is what likely comes to mind. Baking pizza? Embracing a chicken under a tree? Not so much....

High Holidays 101

by JMORE Staff | Sep 5, 2017 | Community, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality

A concise guide to the season with a reason Once again, the High Holiday season is about to mark its arrival, leaving all of us with much to contemplate and absorb. Jmore offers a handy-dandy guide to the holidays that make up the season. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new...

A Talmudic Wrinkle in Time

by Rafael Alvarez | Sep 1, 2017 | Community, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality

When my brother Danny first met my wife Phoebe (when we’d just started dating), he looked her in the eye and said, “Ralph is going to torture you for the rest of your life.” I’m not sure if she believed him then, some six years ago, but she certainly believes it now....

Finding Your Inner Voice

by Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro | Aug 31, 2017 | Community, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality

A little over a month ago, I wrote an article for Jmore exploring the values that would motivate a person to set aside time from their busy schedule to participate in communal prayer. Daily communal prayer has been a cornerstone of Jewish living for millennia. Jewish...

Recipes of Love Among the Generations

by Dana Hemelt | Aug 23, 2017 | Community, High Holidays, Parenting

After eight decades, she still had beautiful hands. The slim, elegant fingers with manicured nails pulled me close and enveloped me in the softest hug I’ve ever known. She’d been offered a job as a hand model in her youth, and I imagined the hands in the...