Posts Tagged: Rosh Hashanah
The High Holidays: A Time to Reflect
The month before the Days of Awe is the time to start thinking about our souls, rather than our politics. In the West, we have been...
Israeli Teens Mobilize to Help Holocaust Survivor Whose Home Was Ransacked by Burglars
A group of young Israelis in the northern city of Acre rallied to the aid of a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor whose home was recently burgled...
Briton Arrested Near Manchester for Allegedly Threatening Group of Jews With Ax on Rosh Hashanah
A British man was arrested last week for allegedly threatening a group of Jews while wielding an ax on Rosh Hashanah, the Manchester Evening News...
On Way to Synagogue for Rosh Hashanah Services, Comedian Amy Schumer Thanks Admiring Catcaller
Comedic actress Amy Schumer took to social media this week to thank an admirer who catcalled at her as she was on her way to synagogue on Monday...
In Rosh Hashanah Greeting, Israel’s UN Envoy Touts ‘Unprecedented’ Successes of Past Year
Over the past year, Israel has “won an unprecedented amount of victories” at the United Nations, the Jewish state’s envoy to the global institution said...
Netanyahu: ‘Shimon Peres Would Want Us to Celebrate Rosh Hashanah This Year by Looking Back With Pride, Looking Forward With Hope’
Ahead of the Jewish new year that begins Sunday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a greeting that invoked the late elder statesman Shimon...
How to Make Rosh Hashanah Truly Meaningful for Non-Religious Jews
Most people think of Rosh Hashanah as "the Jewish Near Year." But this phrase is meaningless, which might help explain why 65% of Jews don't even go...
Netanyahu Insists Differences With Obama ‘Not Based on Personal Animosity; Only Surround Issues of Iran, Settlements’
Describing his meeting with US President Barack Obama in New York last week, on the sidelines of the 71st session of the United Nations General...
Can Different Jews Unite for the High Holidays?
JNS.org - In April 2015 – in the aftermath of the death of 25-year-old African-American man Freddie Gray inside a police van after being arrested by...
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 –...
Victim of Antisemitic Attack in Manchester Calls Face-to-Face With Offender ‘Incredibly Rewarding’
A victim of an antisemitic attack in Manchester, UK, said meeting his attacker was gratifying and he encourages others to do the same, the local publication Salford...
Top Jewish Fashion Industry Figures Skip Milan Fashion Opening Over Conflict With Yom Kippur
A number of Jewish figures in the fashion industry opted out of the opening of Milan Fashion Week this year because it coincided with the Jewish...
Rise in Antisemitic Attacks Has New York Police Turning Attention to Hate Crimes
The New York Police Department is turning its attention to a spike in hate crimes in the city following two separate incidents in Queens, in which assailants shot...
Reflections on Sin and Gratitude
During the Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jews have the chance to alter our fate. Through a combination of repentance, prayer...
