This article originally appeared on Kveller.
One of the distinctively Jewish benefits of the pandemic is that we can attend services virtually anywhere in the world. This time last year, probably like many of you, my family chose to spend Rosh Hashanah...
Meggie Wyschogrod Fredman, Belle Etra Yoeli
• Published September 13, 2021
Six years ago, we met as bright-eyed junior staffers working at American Jewish Committee’s office in Washington, D.C. We were fresh out of college, brimming with ambition and eager to help the Jewish people.
Fast-forward to today, we are two...
Andrew Silow-Carroll
• Published September 13, 2021
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Shortly before he died, my dad gave me a trove of family documents, some dating to the 19th century. For the first time I had confirmation of what our family name was before a great-uncle changed it to Carroll when he...
This Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, about 40% of non-Orthodox Jews will attend religious services. They will hear and recite many prayers that refer to “us” — blessing God for making “us” holy and commanding “us;” when the Torah is read,...
When I was asked to be the chair of the capital campaign for the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, I had absolutely no hesitation. I had never done anything like this before, but because this project is of such importance, I was willing to take...
This article originally appeared on Kveller.
My father, Michael Horen, was an artist by training and a graphic designer by profession. But the word I most often use to describe him is “humanitarian.”
That’s not because he ever did any international...
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — One of the most controversial — and tone-deaf — front-page headlines to appear in The New York Jewish Week during the 26 years I served as editor (1993-2019) was published the morning after 9/11 —...
(JTA) — On Sept. 11, 2001, the greatest Holocaust film ever made, before or since, premiered at a festival — and quickly disappeared, largely unnoticed.
The film’s cast included Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, David Arquette, Michael...
(JTA) — Every year during the High Holidays, Jews recite a litany of ways we have fallen short in a confessional prayer. Known as a viddui, the prayer is a centerpiece of our Yom Kippur liturgy.
This year, we again will reflect on our shortcomings....
Jessica Russak-Hoffman
• Published September 9, 2021
(JTA) — Two nights after the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, we were instructed to evacuate our building. There was talk of a potential attack on the nearby Empire State Building. My roommates and I covered our mouths and noses with towels to protect against...
Rabbi Howard Kaplansky and Batya Abramson-Goldstein
• Published September 9, 2021
We, as former Chair of the Michael and Barbara Newmark Institute for Human Relations at the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and former JCRC Executive Director, were pleased that Eric Berger’s Sept. 1 article in the Jewish Light brought focus...
(JTA) — I was born in Jerusalem, a city that is the pinnacle of multifaith expression. Yet instead of growing up with a sense of coexistence, I was surrounded by segregation both politically and communally. I did not know what truly living together...
