Celebrate the fall Jewish holidays with a free resource from PJ Library
(Agawam, MA) – When do we sit in the sukkah? How and why do we shake a lulav? What is Simchat Torah? Why do we…
Holidays
My Yom Kippur Tradition is watching ‘A Serious Man’ along with fasting and synagogue, it’s the perfect ritual for the Day of Atonement.
by Elana Spivack (ALMA via JTA) – In many ways, my Yom Kippur resembles that of other Jews: I fast, I attend synagogue, and I…
A message from Rabbi Steven Schwarzman: Covid and Halakhah
Rabbi Steven Schwarzman provided this Covid update and reminder to all Beth Shalom members: Jewish law requires all of us who are eligible to get…
You can celebrate the rest of the High Holidays anywhere in the world without ever leaving home
by Avi Dresner This article originally appeared on Kveller. One of the distinctively Jewish benefits of the pandemic is that we can attend services virtually…
Observing Yom Kippur with a disordered eating past
By Sarah Simone (JTA) — Yom Kippur is arguably one of the most important days in the Jewish calendar. It is the Day of Atonement,…