Rabbi Russ Jayne: Rosh Hashanah – A holiday of hope
By Rabbi Russ Jayne (Calgary) – Rosh Hashanah marks the first of the Ten Days of Repentance, or Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, culminating on Yom Kippur,…
Holiday Columns
Rabbah Gila Caine: My Rosh Hashanah essay
By Rabbah Gila Caine (Edmonton) – Don’t Panic! This essay has a happy ending. Cheshbon Hanefesh: An accounting of the soul. A mapping out of…
High Holidays: A time for reflection and renewal
By Judy Zelikovitz (AJNews) – This year, the High Holidays fall later than usual, with Rosh Hashanah just a few days before the anniversary of…
Rabbi Mark Glickman: The Year of “Speak Up”
By Rabbi Mark S. Glickman (Calgary) – The New Year is coming for us Jews, and, like all years, this one is bound to be…
Staying up all night on Shavuot is about going all in
By Rabbi Shlomo Zukkier (JTA) — The holiday of Shavuot, which begins at sundown this year on June 11, is understood by Jewish tradition to be…