Rosh Hashanah

On eve of 9/11, House of Representatives marks 20th anniversary of attacks with rabbi’s prayer for ‘shared holy days’

Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, a former Navy chaplain and Vietnam War veteran, likened the trauma of the memory of the attacks to the introspection that comes with the High Holidays.

In Rosh Hashanah call with rabbis, Biden calls for ‘swift confirmation’ of Deborah Lipstadt to be antisemitism monitor

The president said his administration was conducting “America’s first-ever comprehensive effort to take on the threat of domestic terrorism.”

Jews pray on a street near the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 20, 2006. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine OKs Uman pilgrimage for vaccinated arrivals

Authorities in Kyiv and Jerusalem prevented the event last year, prompting hundreds to camp out on the border with Belarus on Rosh Hashanah.

Culture

What happens when Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school? These districts are trying to figure it out.

Culture

Argentine city holds a car show-inspired drive-in Rosh Hashanah service

Ideas

What Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taught us about the gift of time

United States

How 1 Zoom employee saved High Holidays streaming for 300 synagogues, including his own

Ideas

‘Who by fire?’ isn’t just a metaphor this year — but we still have time to change course

Culture

Tunisian pumpkin jam is the most underrated Rosh Hashanah treat

Politics

On Rosh Hashanah call, Trump tells American Jews ‘We love your country’ and asks for their vote

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