Temple Israel welcomes the St. Louis community to enjoy its virtual High Holy Days services from home, live-streamed on their website and Facebook page.
Services include traditional Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur rituals, live worship music, and sermons...
To help ensure that every Jew in St. Louis who wants to celebrate Rosh Hashanah this year can do so, Chabad of St. Louis has launched a region-wide initiative that includes nine outdoor services across St. Louis.
The free, 30-minute services will...
Howard M. Wasserman, Forward
• Published August 30, 2021
Yom Kippur has many particularities — repeating “Kol Nidre” three times; Leonard Cohen’s take on “Una Taneh Tokef”; bagels for breakfast. A fourth feature — more cultural, perhaps, but a Jewishpractice — is wondering whether Jewish...
I’m not ashamed to admit that outside our kosher home, I don’t just eat kosher food. But admitting I don’t really like popular Jewish foods— that’s kind of embarrassing.
Here’s my short list of the foods of my People that I’d be fine...
Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published August 29, 2021
While Rabbi James Bennett is looking forward to Rosh Hashanah, he is also frustrated by the fact that he didn’t expect to still need so many precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, he said.
“If everybody would have set aside political...
Tannaz Sassooni, Forward
• Published August 29, 2021
When I was in elementary school, my family visited my cousin Rashel at her home in Maryland, and everything about the trip felt new.
Rashel’s teenage daughters seemed so cool and confident, Rashel herself so relaxed and casual in her parenting...
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,...
BOSTON — Challah-eating Australian kangaroos, an adventurous cartoon retelling of the biblical story of Jonah and the welcome second-in-a-series chapter book about a young girl with a magical sense of smell are among the highlights of this year’s...
(JTA) -- Some people think of short ribs as rustic fare. But they are an ideal choice for the High Holidays – and not just because of the honey representing a sweet New Year.
Serve them with a thick and glossy gravy: They look impressive and substantial,...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published October 8, 2020
Joan and Sherman Silber had some unexpected houseguests from Israel for the High Holidays this year. As the number of coronavirus cases in Israel spiked last month to the point where the country now has the highest rate of daily new coronavirus infections...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 24, 2020
Yom Kippur is our opportunity for t’shuvah, for repentance. I have always thought of this special holiday as a spiritual journey, a time to recognize our shortcomings, to find the good in each of us, to recognize the importance of caring for others...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published September 4, 2020
Bill Kaufman is spending much of his time these days managing broadcast services for one venue where people typically sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” as well as one where “Avinu Malkeinu” is a familiar song.But now, Busch Stadium and the...
