I hope no one will be surprised if I tell you that this coming Shabbat and Sunday are Rosh HaShana. But I have some points to share with you that I hope add something new. It turns out that three of ...

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Petition urges government to open Judaism’s holiest site on the first day of the holiday, which falls on Shabbat this year, and allow the shofar to be sounded there.

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Rosh Hashanah 5787 begins at sundown Friday, Sept. 11, and for the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center it will be the second Jewish New Year the congregation observes without a building.

There is just nothing like the joy of the holiday of Sukkot in Israel.The country seems transformed.Pulsing with an unbridled ...

BEACHWOOD, Ohio — The piercing call of the shofar is one of the defining sounds of Rosh Hashanah. At Congregation Shaarey Tikvah in Beachwood this year, however, the ram’s horn will be silent on the ...

Jewish internet spaces are alight this week with reports that actress, model and political lightning rod Sydney Sweeney was ...

The New York City Police Department said there are no specific credible threats to Jewish institutions but will increase deployments at synagogues, yeshivas and other sites citywide.

Rosh Hashanah 2026 starts Sept. 11. Learn about the traditions, dates, and foods for the Jewish New Year.

Here's what to know about Rosh Hashanah, which is this weekend, when Yom Kippur is and how the two Jewish High Holidays are observed.

Explanations for placing the book of Ecclesiastes at Sukkot can be as conflicting as some of the messages in the book itself.