Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Jewish players at Chaminade sit out game for Yom Kippur
JTA
Some of the Jewish football players at a San Fernando Valley Catholic school will skip an annual rivalry game because of Yom Kippur.. . .
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Going around the world to break the fast
by Sybil Kaplan, JTA
Breaking the fast has its own set of traditions. Ashkenazim usually break the fast with something salty, like herring, because they believe fish. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Food banks short, SOVA amps up High Holy Days appeal
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Adire situation is looming at regional food banks and distribution centers, as ever-increasing demand collides with government cuts, threatening the. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
10Q Project: Answer life’s big questions online … Then reread next year
By Danielle Berrin
It might seem odd that 10Q, a project bent on promoting deep personal reflection and penetrating spiritual insight, would engage Joel Stein, a. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
If you seat them, they will come
By Ryan E. Smith
Twice a year, many synagogues find themselves dealing with a wonderful but very practical problem: how to handle the huge numbers of people who show. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Acting rabbi brings rebirth to 1920s shul
By Ryan E. Smith
For more than 35 years, Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock existed without a rabbi. No longer.. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Yom Kippur without fasting: How kids can atone, too
by Sarah Chandler, MyJewishLearning.com
For most adults, the central experience of Yom Kippur is fasting. By abstaining from food and drink, we exercise control over our bodies and do not. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Berman presses Egypt on lulavs
JTA
U.S. Rep. Howard Berman, a leading congressional Democrat, wrote the Egyptian prime minister urging him to export lulavs in time for Sukkot.. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Make this the year of the apology
by Dasee Berkowitz, JTA
In the words of Elton John, why is it that “sorry seems to be the hardest word?”. . .
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Yom Kippur: It’s fourth and long
by Edmon J. Rodman, JTA
Yom Kippur, the fourth quarter of the High Holidays, is coming and time is running out. Our seats are waiting, the gates are closing.. . .
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Dozing on the Days of Awe
by Edmon J. Rodman, JTA
Don’t let Maimonides catch you napping on Rosh HaShanah.. . .
Thursday, September 22, 2011
From Ramadan to Elul: a California Chasid’s spiritual journey
by Andrew Friedman, JTA
For Lee Weissman, a Breslov Chasid in Irvine, Calif., the recent onset of Elul caps a spiritual journey he began a month ago with the start of the. . .
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
New machzor delves into heart of Rosh Hashanah
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, has published enough books to earn his many titles — around 20 tomes, ranging from. . .
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
From Selichot to Simchat Torah
By Lauren Bottner
More than just a series of days on a calendar, or merely an occasion for the obligatory visit to synagogue, the High Holy Days offer a month-long. . .
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Israel closing West Bank for Yom Kippur
JTA
Israel will close the West Bank for the Yom Kippur holiday, its army said.. . .
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Training for Neilah: Doing the prep for Yom Kippur’s finale
by Edmon J. Rodman
Neilah is coming. Please rise.. . .
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
BCC cantor first to be trained in post-Holocaust Germany
by Jessica Pauline Ogilvie, Contributing Writer
Under a banner of balloons arranged as a rainbow flag, Juval Porat, 32, stands on the bimah at Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC) on a warm June evening. In. . .
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
This Is my God
by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
I cannot say that I have ever rejected God. There were some years in which I was not interested, and that, perhaps, is the greatest rejection of all. . .
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Ownership of Yom Kippur: a personal journey
by Martin Ben Moreh
As a young Jewish boy in 1960s Glasgow, Scotland, I accompanied my father and my two elder brothers every Yom Kippur to the shul he had founded. We. . .
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Yom Kippur: The power of dialogue
By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
Thirty-nine years ago, Dov Indig, a young soldier in the Israel Defense Force tank corps, sat on guard duty in the Golan Heights. Joining him was a. . .
Monday, September 28, 2009
Shame On Jews [VIDEO]
by Rabbi Dan Moskovitz
Let’s try a little word association, I say a name and you give me the first thought that comes to mind. Bernie Madoff, Maurice Greenberg –. . .
Friday, September 25, 2009
Why Chickens Should Be Eliminated From Kapparot Ceremonies
By Karen Davis, PhD
Kapparot is a ceremony preceding Yom Kippur in which many Orthodox Jews, especially in the Hasidic world, swing chickens around their heads while. . .
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Miraculously, She’s Alive
By Danielle Berrin
At dusk on Friday night, Aug. 15, 2008, Joan Hyler was crossing Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu when she was struck by a car traveling 60 miles per. . .
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Reflections on Friends Who Lived to Tell
by Bonnie Samotin Zev
There would seem to be little more inappropriate than talking sex with your gal pals who are in their 70s and 80s — and who, by the way, also just. . .
