High Holidays
Yom Kippur, Scattered Feathers and the Power of Words
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...
Family-owned Eddie’s of Roland Park Celebrates 75 years of Specialized Customer Service
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...
Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue to Hold High Holiday Services at Bnos Yisroel School
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...
Classical Reform Temple to Hold High Holiday Services in New Venue
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...
Jewish Summer: From Mourning to Celebration
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...
Despite a Persistent Drizzle, Sukkah City Goes On
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...
How to Celebrate Sukkot Without a Sukkah
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...
How a Chinese Fruit Became a Sukkot Symbol
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...
Why These Dutch Christians are Celebrating Sukkot
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...Upcoming Events
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Discover the history of Jewish people in Britain with the Jewish Museum London. From a medieval mikvah telling the story of the first Jewish community in Britain to photographs belonging to children who travelled on[...]
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Masada virtual tour with BZD
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Masada virtual tour with BZD
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On this tour we will visit one of the most important sites to visit in Israel- Masada! The last stronghold of the Jewish revolt against Rome and its legions before the long exile. We will[...]
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