High Holidays
by Rabbi Joyce Newmark | Oct 3, 2019 | Community, High Holidays, Religion
For nearly 50 years, my father had a best friend named Al. They grew up in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., and after returning home from World War II, they each married and moved to the same Long Island town and opened related businesses. They were closer... read more
by Faye Rivkin | Aug 27, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Family, High Holidays, Milestones
Pam Corckran first started shopping at Eddie’s of Roland Park as a child, accompanying her mother on weekly visits to the gourmet grocery store. “Mr. Victor knew my mother was from Bermuda and that we visited often,” recalls Corckran, now 71, referring to Victor... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Aug 22, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality
For nearly a century, the solemn and soothing sounds of davening, Torah chanting and fellowship have reverberated throughout the ornate sanctuary of Shaarei Tfiloh Congregation during the Days of Awe. Every once in a while, worshipers deep in prayer look up when... read more
by Anna Lippe | Aug 13, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Family, High Holidays
For many years, Baltimore native Susan Wolf Dudley prayed by herself in her Pikesville residence with an old Reform siddur, or prayer book. “After a while, I was lonely and sad, and I arranged to rent a room so others could join me,” she says. Dudley started the... read more
by Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg | May 13, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Religion
The Jewish summer starts in the doldrums and is lifted slowly as the summer ebbs to a conclusion with the onset of the Jewish new year. The calendar bears this out in the days that are remembered or marked through ritual in the three summer Hebrew months of Tammuz, Av... read more
by Staff Report | Sep 28, 2018 | Children, Community, Community Resources, Family, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality
Alas, it turned out to be a wet night in the city. Sukkah City, that is. The inaugural Sukkah City event at the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center was a rather soggy affair, but approximately 250 intrepid souls didn’t let the inclement weather stop them from... read more
by JTA | Sep 24, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality
By Sara Shapiro-Plevan (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – The central mitzvah of Sukkot is found in Leviticus 23:42, where Jews are commanded to dwell in a sukkah, a temporary hut, for seven days and nights. We do this in order to remember the experiences of our... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Sep 23, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Religion, Spirituality
NEW YORK (JTA) — The holiday of Sukkot isn’t is complete without a lulav and an etrog, the four species that Jews are commanded to wave on the harvest holiday. But according to a new book, it wasn’t until the Second Temple period that Jews started using the... read more
by Cnaan Liphshiz | Sep 21, 2018 | Community, High Holidays, Religion
HENDRIK-IDO-AMBACHT, Netherlands (JTA) — From its exterior, the massive building known as The Ark in this Dutch town looks like a typical Reform synagogue. On the Hebrew month of Tishrei, the ancient olive tree that dominates the yard of this large worship space... read more
by JTA | Sep 20, 2018 | Children, Community, Community Resources, High Holidays, Parenting, Religion
By Rebecca Rosenthal (Kveller via JTA) — Here’s the short version of this article. If you leave your kids home on the High Holidays so you can have grownup praying time, bring your kids on Sukkot. If you bring your kids to the High Holidays, then bring them back... read more
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