Figuring out what Shemini Atzeret is. Finally.
By Carla Naumburg (Kveller via JTA) — I know something about most Jewish holidays. I can tell you that Hanukkah is about miracles, Passover is…
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Why some rabbis used their High Holiday sermons to bash Trump – and others demurred
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — As spiritual leader of one of the most widely known Reform synagogues in America, Rabbi Joshua Davidson tries not to…
A Yom Kippur tradition in Amsterdam dates back to the invention of electricity
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — As one of Europe’s oldest and most impressive Jewish buildings, this city’s Portuguese Synagogue is known far and wide…
Rabbi Gila Caine: Rosh Hashanah is a time machine
by Rabbi Gila Caine (EJNews) – Rosh Hashanah is a time machine. Each year it sends me back in time to that first moment of…
Rabbi Daniel Friedman: Destroying the idols of history
by Rabbi Daniel Friedman (EJNews) – The year is 2117. Following important research on concussions and serious injuries, it has now been fifty years since…