Posts Tagged: Jewish High Holidays
Rosh Hashanah Guide for the Perplexed, 2013
1. The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah - "the beginning of the year") is compatible with the agricultural calendar. It commences with the planting of seeds...
Rosh Hashanah: Pain or Pleasure?
The Torah tells us very little about Rosh Hashanah, not even its name. The three harvest and pilgrim festivals are named: Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukot....
On Rosh Hashana, Mourning, and the Yom Kippur War, Revisited
1. With the Jewish high holy days approaching, I'm nervous at the realization that this year will be the first year that I will stay inside...
Use Fish, Not Chicken for Kaparot
Thousands of Orthodox Jews are preparing to swing live chickens over their heads before Yom Kippur, symbolically transferring their sins to the chicken. The chicken...
Where Jazz Met Kol Nidre
In 1927, The Jazz Singer ushered out the era of silent cinema with Jack Robin's emotional rendition of Kol Nidre. The film's profound ...
Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed 2012
1. Yom Kippur is observed on the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrey, whose astrological sign is Libra (♎). Libra symbolizes key themes...
Thoughts on Cole Porter, Franz Schubert and Yom Kippur
At a recent recital of works by Franz Schubert by pianist Joseph Kalichstein, some lines from the Cole Porter song "Every time we say goodbye"...
The High Holidays in Jewish Cinema
When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High Holidays. Its tale was a measure of Jewry's ties to...
IDF Rabbi Calls for Unity of Jewish People During High Holidays
While the Jewish high holidays kicked into gear earlier this week with Rosh Hashanah, the Israel Defense Forces have been preparing for atonement and the...
Lance Armstrong: Is He Guilty? And the Lesson We Can Learn
Retribution and Tragedy are words that often coincide. As defined by thinkers, "tragedy" represents an exalted person's fall from grace; "retribution" often is the reason for...
