high holidays

5 Multicultural Recipes for Rosh Hashanah

From Asian challah to "Afro-Ashkefardi" chicken, these dishes will add flair to your holiday table.

Judaism in a Secular Age – Just What God Wanted!

Six weeks from now when the world and the Jewish People experience another Rosh Hashanah, we will stand before God ...

Embracing Unity, Not Uniformity

The High Holiday season just ended. A spiritual, emotional and communal journey through Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot culminated ...

Throwback Thursday: Texas for the Holidays

After the end of my two-year term as an ISJL Education Fellow, I moved back to Massachusetts to begin rabbinical ...

What Are You Doing Tomorrow?

As a rabbi who is blessed with the humbling privilege of leading her congregation, after the High Holy Days have ...

Dear School Officials, Please Don’t Excuse Absence from School Today. Encourage It.

Dear School Officials,Today is Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar. It is the Day of Atonement, ...

Back to… Something New

The High Holidays are a time of reflection, and one of the things I’m reflecting on is how different this ...

Sweet New Year: Sing it With Me!

As I’ve mentioned before, my Jewish experiences have been heavily influenced by music — and my music by Jewish experiences.While recording ...

Moving On

When is Rosh Hashanah 2015? Find out here. Or wondering when is Yom Kippur 2015? Click here to find out!Here ...

10 Things All Southern High Holiday Service-Goers Will Understand

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have a special flavor in the South.