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Israeli police patrol Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem as a nationwide lockdown is put into place during the High Holidays, Sept. 24, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

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...
The Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City with barriers in place due to coronavirus restrictions, May 5, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Jewish Agency collects prayers to place in Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur

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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...
Israeli Coronavirus Project Coordinator Ronni Gamzu at a meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at City Hall on Aug. 12, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel poised to tighten lockdown as daily COVID-19 tally soars to 6,923

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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...
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...
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...
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...
A view of the synagogue in Halle, Germany, which was attacked during Yom Kippur services by a far-right extremist on Oct. 9, 2019. Source: Stadt Marketing.

Will the synagogue attack in Halle, Germany, spur pro-Jewish sentiment?

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Inside the Center for Creativity at the historic Francke Foundation in Halle, founded as a Pietist education center for orphans in 1698, a couple of kids sitting in a cozy nook stared at a...
Alex Bregman, Houston Astros. Credit: Keith Allison via Wikimedia Commons.

Did we need another Sandy Koufax?

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The story of Sandy Koufax choosing not to pitch on Yom Kippur is one of the great narrative tales of modern American Jewish life. Depression-era slugger Hank Greenberg was also a role model for...
Jana Lange and Kevin S. have been identified as the two victims of attack in Halle, Germany, on Yom Kippur outside the synagogue and at a nearby kebab shop, Oct. 9, 2019. Source: Twitter.

Two victims of synagogue attack in Germany identified

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The two victims of the Wednesday attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Yom Kippur, have been identified. German pop-music enthusiast Jana Lange, 40, and outdoor painter Kevin S., 20, were shot and killed...
Thousands of Jews pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Sept. 19, 2018. Photo by Ben Toren/Flash90.

Majority of Jewish Israelis plan to fast on Yom Kippur, according to new poll

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A special survey by the Israel Democracy Institute’s Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research in honor of Yom Kippur showed that 60.5 percent of Jewish Israelis plan to fast on the Jewish Day of...