Margi Lenga Kahn, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published September 1, 2021
Leyla and Erman Kaspi are Jews from Turkey who I recently met outside the elevator of our Chicago apartment complex. After the usual introductions, I asked Leyla whether she still cooks the dishes with which she grew up.
“Of course,” she exclaimed.
That...
Rosh Hashanah is a time when Jews reflect on their actions and try to make amends with each other and God, and it is also the Jewish New Year. How much do you know about Rosh Hashanah?
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This article appeared first at Israel21c in September of 2019.
Chag sameach! Happy holiday! You’ve survived the hot Israeli summer and now the High Holiday season has arrived.
Here are some fun facts to entertain you and help you navigate the...
This year, Congregation Shaare Emeth is offering a "hybrid High Holidays" schedule that will offer three unique worship experiences for participants – indoor services, covered outdoor services and live streaming – throughout Rosh Hashanah, which starts...
RABBI CARNIE SHALOM ROSE
• Published August 26, 2021
Each year, as we reread the powerful words of the Book of Deuteronomy in our synagogues, I can’t help but notice how germane its wise teachings are to the season in which we find ourselves: the Days of Awe, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which we will...
This article originally appeared on Alma.
The High Holidays are approaching. Right now, we are in the Hebrew month of Elul. Elul is a time for metaphorical and literal sweeping, for dusting the cobwebs of our home and souls. The letters that make...
By Heather Robinson, JNS
• Published August 24, 2021
(JNS) In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Rabbi Mark Wildes, founder and director of Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE), was looking for ways to keep students and young adults engaged with Judaism and each other. As the High Holidays approached,...
Deborah Fineblum, The Jewish News Syndicate
• Published August 18, 2021
(JNS) Buckle your seatbelts; we’re heading in.
With the arrival of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish world is being thrown headlong into the leap year of 5782.
But the leap year of the Jewish variety may not be exactly what you think a leap year is....
Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published August 12, 2021
Justice is elusive. We learn this from this week’s Torah portion, the famous tzedek tzedek — justice reiterated and pursued (Deuteronomy 16:20) — a reminder that justice, true justice, transformative justice, necessary justice, requires us to...
BY RABBI ELIZABETH HERSH
• Published August 5, 2021
From “Stories for Public Speakers,” compiled and edited by Morris Mandel: “A man was marooned on an island for years. One day, he saw a ship in the distance and signaled to it. A boat was sent out to him. As the boat approached the shore...
Whenever I start to study this week’s Torah Portion, Eikev, Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25, I am drawn to one particular verse. It is Deuteronomy 8:10, the context of which refers to the bounty of the Promised Land and the food it will provide. The verse states:...
(My Jewish Learning) - Tisha B’av, the ninth day of the month of Av (which month coincides with July and/or August), is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar. Although a large number of disasters are said to have befallen the Jews...
