The joys of a Persian Rosh Hashanah seder
By Donna Maher
I don’t need to remind you of all the reasons that 2020 has been an incredibly rough year. We could all use...
How risky are High Holiday activities during COVID-19?
By Shira Hanau
When Passover arrived just a few weeks after the pandemic set in earlier this year, it was clear that seders with families...
Area Hillels, Chabads want to hold services in person
By Lisa Woolfson
As schools start to reopen, an unusual Jewish new year is around the corner. Hillel and Chabad student centers at area universities...
Rabbi considers what’s within, and beyond, our control
By Elisa Posner
One of the greetings on Rosh Hashanah is “shanah tovah,” or “good year.” But with so much uncertainty in the world, how...
Stan Grabia makes the shofarot he blows
When Stan Grabia was growing up, the highlight of the High Holidays was hearing the shofar.
“I remember on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, they...
At Temple Sinai, Rabbi Noah Diamondstein’s travels from bagels to faith
By Ellen Braunstein
Fourth in a series of profiles of rabbis new in the Washington region.
When Noah Diamondstein’s grandfather died of cancer, the 17 year...
Small group Rosh Hashanah menu
Rosh Hashanah, like many events of 2020, will be different. Restrictions on gatherings mean people probably won’t attend services or host large groups of...
At Tifereth Israel Congregation, Rabbi Michael Werbow is making sure everyone is OK
By Arielle Kaden
Third in a series of profiles of rabbis new in the Washington region.
There’s no class in rabbinical school on how to lead...
This Howard Co. rabbi makes spiritual housecalls
COLUMBIA, MD — Rabbi Hillel Baron hops out of a white van with his partner Bob Hurwitz on a sunny Friday afternoon.
The heat doesn’t...
At Temple B’nai Shalom, David Widzer creates moments of connection
Second in a series of profiles of new rabbis in the Washington region.
Congregations are the fundamental building blocks of Jewish community, says Rabbi David...
