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I used to cringe at Rosh Hashanah ‘blessings’ cursing our enemies. Not this year.

The symbolic foods of the High Holidays have taken on new meaning after Oct. 7, writes a religious studies scholar.

After Oct. 7

‘The Jewish texts that changed for me since Oct. 7’: A symposium

Writers, thinkers and rabbis share how tragedy has shifted their beliefs, from “Hatikvah” to tikkun olam.

Investigation largely clears Ziegler rabbinical school deans of ethics code allegations

The Rabbinical Assembly’s ethics committee found that Rabbis Bradley Shavit Artson and Cheryl Peretz “did not always meet the highest standards of conduct expected” of them under the Rabbinical Assembly’s code of conduct.

From securing a tortoise to 40 hours of choir rehearsal: How New York’s Temple Emanu-El prepares for the High Holidays

For a Jewish world in despair, we need High Holiday prayers that meet the moment

Thousands of non-Jews order mezuzahs after a pro-Israel Christian puts one on her door in solidarity

From Hostages Square, High Holiday prayers aim to transcend Israel’s fractured politics

Where to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in New York City in 2024

New York woman at center of Orthodox ‘sex strike’ receives her Jewish divorce

A German Jewish community shadowed by scandal and an uncertain future welcomes a moment to celebrate

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