Giving ourselves some credit this year. Here’s a positive viddui for Yom Kippur.
by Rabbi Jillian Cameron, Cantor Juval Porat (JTA) — Every year during the High Holidays, Jews recite a litany of ways we have fallen short…
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Looking for online Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services in 2021? Here are some options, based on your interests.
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Just a couple of months ago, it seemed like this fall would mark the triumphal return of packed sanctuaries in…
Why a High Holidays prayer book is still going strong after 70 years
by Yosef Lindell (JTA) — When a local Orthodox synagogue asked me to lead Yom Kippur prayers six years ago, one aspect of the request…
Rabbi Matthew Ponak asks: Can a pig be kosher?
by Rabbi Matthew Ponak (AJNews) – Many Jews today carry guilt for not being more “religious.” Many of us, consciously or unconsciously, hold up ritually…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: The fascination with vaccination
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Rabbi Pinhas Elijah Hurwitz was an itinerant Lithuanian scholar whose travels took him to Galicia, Poland, Prussia, Holland, Hungary and…