Can a toddler really apologize? (And other thoughts on Yom Kippur)
By Rachel Seelig (JTA) – This story originally appeared on Kveller. “Don’t you dare,” I said, just milliseconds before a red matchbox car came catapulting…
September 2023
This High Holiday pastry connects me to the relatives I loved and the ones I lost
by Toby Axelrod (JTA) – There was a small bedroom in my Zeyde’s house on State Road in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, that had no radiator….
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: Flocks, fighters – and forgiveness
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – The solemn liturgical poem “Untanneh Tokef,” chanted as part of the High Holy Days service, epitomizes the mood of momentous…
My family’s Soviet-era Rosh Hashanah dinner is all about delicious food and freedom
By Sonya Sanford (JTA) – This story originally appeared on The Nosher. Most of my American Jewish friends ate brisket, kugel and babka at their…
Beth Israel Golf Tournament was a success!
(Edmonton) – Rabbi Guy Tal was a winner at the September 4 Edmonton Beth Israel Golf Tournament – for being a good sport and trying…