Tag: High Holidays
Is a Yom Kippur-Christmas comparison naughty or nice?
“It’s said that during this time , the Book of Life is open and it’s decided who will live and who will die this year,” writes blogger Derek Powazek, whose posts focus on being...
A safe Sukkot, at home and outside
Sukkot, the joyous Jewish Thanksgiving, was originally an agricultural holiday, a time of gathering a bountiful harvest. The sukkah itself—the primary symbol of the holiday—is a reminder of hastily built shelters the Jews endured in their...
Israeli brace for stringent holiday lockdown as daily tally of corona cases exceeds 7,500
Israelis braced for a strict nationwide lockdown imposed by the government on Friday in an attempt to curb the coronavirus pandemic from spiraling further out of control.
The Health Ministry said that between Thursday and...
Jewish Agency collects prayers to place in Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur
The Jewish Agency for Israel has announced a global campaign to gather the prayers of Jews from Israel and around the world and place them among the stones of the Western Wall.
Because of restrictions...
Israel poised to tighten lockdown as daily COVID-19 tally soars to 6,923
Israel set another negative record on Wednesday, as the Health Ministry pegged the number of new coronavirus cases diagnosed in the span of 24 hours at 6,782.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Israel had recorded 200,041...
Communities worldwide celebrate New Year amid pandemic with help of JDC
In the face of a new, socially distant pandemic reality, thousands of Jews worldwide managed to enjoy JDC-supported holiday programming for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Nearly 9,000 elderly Jews in the former Soviet...
Recently unearthed Ramban prayer online and in English for first time
In time for the High Holidays, a recently unearthed poetic prayer attributed to the famous 13th-century rabbi known as the Ramban (Nachmanides) has been translated into English for the first time, and is now...
Israelis brace for High Holidays in shadow of second lockdown
On Rosh Hashanah eve, as Israelis were bracing for a second nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Ministry on Friday morning said it had registered 5,238 new cases in the past...
Emirati, Bahraini foreign ministers send Israel greetings for 5781
“May it be a blessed year for realizing peace and stability in the region,” wrote Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani in response to his Israeli counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi, who had sent a Rosh Hashanah...
Bringing Israeli food and culture into the Jewish New Year
American Jews are often criticized these days for distancing from Israel as a result of political considerations. To counteract that trend, the “Israel trip” has become a central way to positively interact with the...