In a normal year, congregants at Chabad Jewish Center, 400 families in all, would fill the synagogue in Glastonbury on Rosh Hashanah. The worship service would last for hours. Then the families would ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Lipof blows a shofar during the lead-up to Yom Kippur at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Mass., in 2010. Michael ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The following is a roundup of Jewish events taking place on Staten Island. For more information on upcoming Jewish community events, Shabbat services and Torah classes, visit ...
(RNS) — When is the shofar service? What time are they blowing the shofar? These are the burning questions at most synagogues this time of year as Rosh Hashana approaches. The answers lead temple ...
People of faith continue to find new ways to worship during the COVID-19 pandemic, from outdoor, socially distant gatherings to online services and sermons on CD. Many in Cincinnati's Jewish community ...
Davi Cheng had some trepidation when she went to Hillel for the first time. She tried to feel comfortable, but she couldn’t understand the language of the services and the liturgical rituals were ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, will begin Wednesday evening and continue through Sept. 26. The Jewish holiday is the beginning of 10 days of repentance, which culminate in ...
(RNS) — The scene around the Capitol on Wednesday (Jan. 6) may look like a set piece from the “Ten Commandments” movie, as scores of Jericho March participants lift shofars to their lips. Shofar ...