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Or Olam Synagogue in New York City. The Conservative congregation will be using livestreaming and Zoom, and have parts of the services pre-recorded to “replicate as best we could services as we had them in the building even though we’re out of the building,” the synagogue’s rabbi, Eugene Wernick, told JNS, September 2020. Source: Facebook.

How High Holiday services and arrival of 5781 are going to look across America

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On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, also known as the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (“Days of Awe”), one of the prayers reads: “Who will live and who will die … Who by plague … .” “Most...
Shaare Zedek medical worker wearing protective clothing takes a swab from a woman to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 10, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

As nationwide lockdown looms, Israel’s corona tally, number of serious cases climb

A nationwide lockdown in Israel seems inevitable with a deciding cabinet vote scheduled for next week as the number of new coronavirus cases hit a new 24-hour record from Thursday to Friday, with more...

Fearing coronavirus spread, chief rabbi upends key Rosh Hashanah ritual

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A key ritual ahead of Rosh Hashanah has been effectively banned by Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau this year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Tashlich, a prayer during which Jews symbolically throw their...
A view of the Central Synagogue in New York City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Synagogues grapple with putting changes in place for High Holiday services

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As fall arrives and the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, prayers are very much needed, say rabbis across the Jewish spectrum, even if individuals and families cannot make it to...
Robert Weinger blowing two shofars in perfect harmony. Source: Screenshot.

Shofar: A love song

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As first-chair trumpet in the Orville Wright Junior High School band in Los Angeles in 1966, Robbie Weinger didn’t know it, but he was training his lips for their destiny: to enable their owner...
The tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, which draws Jewish worshippers the world over. Credit: Nahoum Sabban via Wikipedia Commons.

Despite limits on Uman pilgrimage, some hold out hope to visit for Rosh Hashanah

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Each year, tens of thousands of Jews from across the world make a pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. The leader...
Railing of the Grand Choral Synagogue in St. Petersburg, Russia. Credit: Freepik.

High Holiday prayer books in high demand for those at home

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As the summer months near their conclusion, some can already hear the echoes of the upcoming Rosh Hashanah prayers. The High Holidays are the focal point of the year for many, and the start of a new...
Whitefish, Mont. Credit: Flickr Commons.

Anti-Semitic fliers found in Montana on Rosh Hashanah

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Anti-Semitic fliers circulated around Whitefish, Mont., on Monday, the first day of Rosh Hashanah, as part of a continuing trend that has been happening there for years. The literature included code words like the number “88,” which...
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, May 12, 2017. Photo by Chatham House, London/Wikimedia Commons.

Corbyn sparks controversy for Rosh Hashanah video featuring Hamas supporter

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Jeremy Corbyn sparked outrage for releasing a Rosh Hashanah video that features an activist who last year led a public Jewish mourning prayer for dead members of Hamas. In the clip posted on Twitter ahead...
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Roshashana

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Yom ha teruah –  tizku le shanim rabot, tovot u nehimot! Este diya kaye en el primer diya del syeten mez del kalendaryo Hebreo ke es  Tishrei  (Levitiques  23.24). El primer mes es Nisan, komo lo...