Religion

In an Oprah-like moment, Brooklyn synagogue surprises 1,300 attendees with Jewish star necklaces

“I was just reminding them of their Jewish pride,” Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Park Slope’s Congregation Beth Elohim said about the giveaway.

By Agatha Khishchenko October 16, 2024 1:10 pm

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Building a sukkah doesn’t make sense this year in Asheville. But we can see the stars already.

Many people in Asheville are living in temporary dwellings out of necessity after Hurricane Helene.

October 16, 2024 11:59 am

UK group urges families to ‘save a seat in the sukkah’ for hostages in Gaza, in a new take on a Jewish tradition

The initiative riffs on “ushpizin,” the practice of inviting symbolic guests to the temporary huts built for the Sukkot holiday.

October 16, 2024 8:30 am

etrog market

Meet the pop-up etrog sellers of Kew Gardens Hills, Queens

By Risa Doherty October 15, 2024 5:53 pm

Israelis are decorating their first sukkahs since Oct. 7 with symbols of the crisis since

By Deborah Danan October 15, 2024 9:03 am

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Israeli Deni Avdija sits out Yom Kippur NBA preseason game; Jewish BYU football player suits up

By Philissa Cramer October 14, 2024 6:03 am

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From snout to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 13, 2024 6:45 am

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Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur in 1965. But did he go to synagogue?

By Jacob Gurvis October 11, 2024 10:00 am

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One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 6, 2024 6:45 am

Shofars blown along Ukrainian frontlines as part of Rosh Hashanah initiative for soldiers

By Marcel Gascón Barberá October 2, 2024 3:06 pm

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