Israeli pop star Omer Adam celebrates Simchat Torah in Dubai
By ERAN SWISSA (Israel Hayom via JNS) – Popular Israeli singer Omar Adam was just in Dubai celebrating the Simchat…
Is Sukkot like Halloween? What does Chag Ha’asif have to do with mortality?
By SAM GLASER The month of October unleashes a tension of sorts in our predominantly Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood in Los…
Beth Emeth plans special October Shabbat services
ALBANY–Congregation Beth Emeth in Albany will feature two virtual Shabbat services this October. One will celebrate Simchat Torah on Friday,…
Advice to New York Jewish communities on COVID and Sukkot: ‘Be careful, stay vigilant’
By FAYGIE HOLT (JNS) – As Sukkot starts in the United States, the holiday will look and feel very different…
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed, 2020
By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel initiative” Based on ancient Jewish sages, September 30, 2020, https://bit.ly/3n2dZVR 1.…
Bibi Shapiro, the 6-year-old whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral, sang at Central Synagogue’s Yom Kippur services
BY PHILISSA CRAMER NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – The first time 6-year-old Bibi Shapiro found out just how widely viewed…
A safe Sukkot, at home and outside
By ETHEL G. HOFMAN (JNS) – Sukkot, the joyous Jewish Thanksgiving, was originally an agricultural holiday, a time of gathering…
Yoram Ettinger: Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Guide for the Perplexed, 2020
By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” Based on ancient Jewish Sages, September 24, 2020, https://bit.ly/36enGL1 More…
Shofar: A love song
Robert Weinger reveals his personal Jewish journey from Devil Mountain to the Jericho Valley. By DEBORAH FINEBLUM (JNS) – As…
7 tips for staying healthy during the Yom Kippur fast
By Dr. TZVI DWOLATZKY (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – There is a marked difference between the intended feeling of…