What are the Jewish High Holy Days? A look at Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and a month of celebrating renewal and moral responsibility
As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate the High Holy Days, a scholar of the Bible explains their history and why they ...
Jewish flight attendant sues Delta after being served ham sandwich, getting denied day off on Yom Kippur
A Jewish flight attendant is suing Delta Airlines claiming religious discrimination after he was served a ham sandwich by his ...
Rosh Hashanah feels later this year, so when is it? What to know about the Jewish holiday:
Rosh Hashanah is one of Judaism's holiest days, a two-day celebration marking the start of the Jewish new year, will happen a ...
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are times for soul-searching, but not on your own – community has always been at the heart of the Jewish High Holidays
According to rabbinic interpretations, Rosh Hashana commemorates God’s creation of humanity. Tradition has it that Rosh Hashana is a time when God judges humans, and especially “his people,” Israel.
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The Jewish Sport Report: A Japanese Jewish player to watch in this weekend’s World Lacrosse Box Championships
Just nine days earlier, after much soul-searching, Greenberg had decided to play on Rosh Hashanah — and hit two home runs as ...
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Jewish Flight Attendant Sues Delta for Discrimination
Sasi Sheva didn't have a great 2022 working for his employer, Delta—at least not according to his new lawsuit against the ...
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Rosh Hashanah will be a bit later this year. Here's why
Why? Because the Jewish and Gregorian calendars don't jive. While neither calendar is perfectly attuned to a solar year, the Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle. A typical Jewish year ...
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How New York became ‘Jewish’
It is Landing Day, the 370th anniversary of the arrival of 23 Jews at New Amsterdam, which would become New York City, which ...
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When is Rosh Hashanah 2024? What to know about the Jewish holiday
Since it is based on the Hebrew calendar, Rosh Hashanah begins on the first day of the seventh month, so this year’s celebration will start at sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, and continue ...
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The Angst and Sorrow of Jewish Currents
In June, the small left-wing magazine Jewish Currents summoned its donors and close confederates to a private event in a ...
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Jewish Holiday Books for Children
Autumn is prime time for Jewish children's book publishers with five holidays running from Rosh Hashanah in October to Hanukkah in December.
Jewish collegiate program replacing its old building on the OU campus
Members of the Oklahoma City metro area Jewish community recently gathered to break ground on a new $5.4 million Hillel Center.