KINGSTON, N.Y. — In Jewish congregations around the world, Rosh Hashana will be celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 23. This year, at Congregation Agudas Achim, the annual High Holy Day new year’s ...
FAIRFIELD — To the sound of the shofar, Fairfield ushered in the Jewish New Year at Riverside Park Thursday. Chabad of Fairfield celebrated Rosh Hashana with a Tashlich service at the park after the ...
Rabbi Herbert Brockman issues a Days of Awe reminder about the futility of war. This column will appear as the Jewish community is in the midst of its holy day period known as the “High Holidays.” It ...
Jewish residents gathered in the Boston Public Garden to herald the New Year with a blowing of the shofar Tuesday evening. “The Jewish people have been blowing the shofar, a simple hollowed-out ram’s ...
(The Conversation) — The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High Holidays: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. (The Conversation ...
In recognition of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which is also known as the “Day of Judgment,” members of the Chabad Center of Sonoma Valley gathered Sept. 23 in Sonoma Plaza to sound the shofar, ...
Unusual religious services in synagogues throughout England, including the prayer of Neilah and the blowing of the Shofar usually reserved for the High Holidays, will mark Jewish participation in the ...
PORTSMOUTH – Temple Israel, the historic synagogue in downtown Portsmouth, N.H., is preparing to celebrate the upcoming High Holidays with prayer, song, and community. Rabbi Rosalind Glazer and ...
The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, starts at sundown today, Monday, Sept. 22, kicking off the start of the High Holy Days. Rosh Hashanah, or Rosh Hashanah 5786, is a two-day Jewish holiday that ...
When your alarm clock goes off in the morning, does it beep at you? Play your favorite music or nature sounds? When it calls to you, do you hit the snooze button? The Faith & Values column appears ...