Yom Kippur
Despite terrorist attacks, the people of Israel live
By Joshua Stanton and Olivia Brodsky — October 7, 2023
(RNS) — The conflagration of violence will likely transform the Middle East for the worse.
A Yom Kippur sermon warns American Jews of Israel’s growing messianic rule
By Yonat Shimron — September 27, 2023
(RNS) — In a barnburner Yom Kippur sermon Monday (Sept. 25), Rabbi Sharon Brous said elements of Israel’s new government have a messianic agenda that aims to turn the country into a fascist theocracy.
Don’t erase yourself. Re-write yourself.
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 26, 2023
A fancy word that you've never heard before. A process that we all need.
Is it really a “happy New Year?”
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 24, 2023
Not to be the grinch who stole the High Holy Days, but...
This Yom Kippur, she’ll pray inside the synagogue, he’ll secure it on the outside
By Yonat Shimron — September 22, 2023
(RNS) — Shana Silverstein and Tom Barbieri are among a growing rank of intermarried synagogue members.
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are times for soul-searching, but not on your own – community has always been at the heart of the Jewish High Holidays
By David L. Graizbord — September 15, 2023
(The Conversation) — Community is vital in Jewish ritual and tradition, and the High Holidays are no exception, a Judaic studies scholar writes.
Ahead of High Holidays, US Jewish leaders stress need for security vigilance as antisemitism surges
By David Crary — September 14, 2023
(AP) — Over recent years — in the face of increased antisemitic threats and violence — the High Holiday season also is a time of heightened vigilance.
What do Jews want to hear on the High Holy Days?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 12, 2023
(RNS) — To my rabbinical colleagues, just when you thought you were done with your sermons.
Sukkot, mother of Jewish holidays
By Mark Silk — October 14, 2022
(RNS) — Lesser known than other Jewish holidays, its scope includes the agricultural cycle and the messianic age.
DEI is more than race and gender. It’s faith, too.
By Khyati Y. Joshi — October 11, 2022
(RNS) — People of different faiths shouldn’t have to miss important work events to celebrate their holidays.
Do it today
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 9, 2022
(RNS) — An obscure quote in an old Polish synagogue sent me on the search for the meaning of life.
The greatest contemporary teacher of Judaism is a van driver in Israel
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 7, 2022
An unbelievable story that shook me and shaped me. The ultimate travel story to Israel.
Amid Ian’s wounds, Jews see healing, renewal in Yom Kippur
By Bobby Caina Calvan and Mike Schneider — October 5, 2022
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Throughout southwest Florida, Jews planned to hold worship services for Yom Kippur, although many were doing so with plans drastically modified by the devastating storm.
‘They hated us. They tried to kill us’ … An old joke becomes a Yom Kippur message
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 3, 2022
You know the joke. Time to go way deeper. It's about your life and your soul.
On Yom Kippur, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg explains why repentance is so important
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2022
(RNS) — Society often expects victims of harm to forgive their perpetrators, regardless of whether they've cleaned up their act, says Ruttenberg. Judaism offers another way.
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