Posts Tagged: Jewish High Holidays
After Charlottesville, and With High Holidays Ahead, ADL Reaches out to Jewish Institutions Over Security
With many American Jews fearing for their safety following the white supremacist-instigated violence in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month, and with the fall High Holidays fast...
Ivanka Trump at Florida Synagogue: My Father Called Before Jewish High Holidays and Said ‘You Better Pray Hard for Me’
Ivanka Trump -- the Jewish daughter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump -- told a synagogue gathering in the battleground state of Florida on Thursday...
Reconnecting With the Spark of Judaism
The Hebrew month of Elul, which leads to the New Year, brings daily shofar blasts, extra prayers, selichot, and the serious mood of anticipation of...
Nine Ways to Celebrate the High Holidays Without Stepping Foot in a Shul
JNS.org - There is a lot of beauty to the traditional synagogue experience. However, a traditional High Holidays service just does not speak to some –...
80 Fewer Palestinian Terrorist Attacks Against Israelis Recorded in December Than in Previous Month
The number of terrorist attacks was lower in December than in previous months, a monthly report by the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency in Israel said on Thursday,...
Stabbing-Attack Survivor Recounts Horrific Ordeal, Offers Empathy to Other Victims (VIDEO)
A victim of a Palestinian stabbing attack described her ordeal in a video released by pro-Israel advocacy group StandWithUs on Monday. Kay Wilson was touring the Israel National Trail...
Israeli Phone Company ‘Revolted’ Employee Committed Car-Ramming, Stabbing Attack in Jerusalem
Israeli telecom giant Bezeq sent a statement to its staff on Tuesday, after it was revealed that the perpetrator of a deadly car-ramming and meat-cleaver attack in Jerusalem that...
Kol Nidre and the White Fire of the Iran-Deal Discourse
JNS.org - The High Holidays are here, reaching their crescendo with Yom Kippur’s Kol Nidre prayer, made famous by Al Jolson and Neil Diamond in “The Jazz...
Agreement Drawn Up to Avoid Collision of Jewish, Muslim Holidays
Jewish and Arab Israeli community and religious leaders met on Wednesday in the mixed city of Lod in order to find a way to avoid...
IDF Beefs Up Security in the South Ahead of High Holidays
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces placed soldiers and Iron Dome missile defense battery teams along the Israel-Gaza border on high alert Thursday ahead...
At South Africa Synagogue, Attendance for Mandela Memorial Tops High Holidays
As many around the world turned out at the weekend for memorial services to honor the iconic human rights leader Nelson Mandela, who passed away...
The Cantor’s Perspective: Preparation is Necessary for Meaningful High Holiday Prayer (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - LOS ANGELES—The holiest days on the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are largely spent in synagogue. Yet prayer isn't...
Pop Songs for the High Holidays
JNS.0rg - In time for the 2013 High Holiday season, JNS.org has compiled a list of the top five popular songs to put you in...
Volunteers and Police Come Together for the Needy on Rosh Hashanah
"ª In what is a well-established community tradition, families in the community of Talmon in Samaria got together last week prior to Rosh Hashanah to prepare...
