Why My Family Is Giving Up Impulse Purchases for Rosh Hashanah This Year
Erin Beser
Despite the near-constant worry over, well, nearly everything, but especially our family’s finances, my mother always made sure my brother and I had...
Hearing Hope in the Shofar
William Daroff
At sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, Jews around the world will gather to mark Rosh Hashanah — the birthday of creation, the day...
Challah and Apples and Carrots, Oh My!
Rosh Hashanah isn’t just one of the two most important holidays in Judaism; it’s also one of the tastiest. Whether you’re Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi...
For Students Staying Put on Campus, a Sweet High Holiday Season
Ethel G. Hofman | JNS
Home for the holidays? That’s not always the case for college students, who travel far and wide to attend schools...
Montgomery County Resident Marks 25 Years Blowing Shofar for High Holiday Services
Every morning during the Hebrew month of Elul leading up to the Jewish High Holidays, except on Shabbat, the shofar is blown. The daily...
Tashlich: Casting Off Your Sins
Many of us relish the opportunity to start anew, seeking forgiveness for our wrongdoings.
One way to do this is tashlich, the symbolic casting off...
Selichot: The Journey to Forgiveness
Jan Lee | JNS
At last, the Hebrew month of Elul has arrived, the auspicious start of the High Holidays, when many Jews begin saying...
Elul: How the Last Month on the Hebrew Calendar Kicks Off the Jewish New...
Elul: It’s the month that quietly ushers in one of the most spiritually significant seasons on the Jewish calendar, even though many Jews might...
Take Me Home, Shavuot
Some of Samson Rabinowitz’s earliest memories are being surrounded by family, friends and fellow Jewish community members at Cacapon Resort State Park. The Rabinowitz...
‘Why on This Night Do We Dip in Chocolate?’
A Sweet Seder With Rodef 2100
Sara Levene recalls being 8 years old at the Passover seder table at Congregation Or Chadash in Damascus, Maryland....