Earlier this week Stacey Ballis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cooking and fasting on Yom Kippur for the JBC/MJL Author Blog. Her newest book, Good Enough to Eat, will be available September 7th. I’ve long been fascinated with the relationship women have... 

For the first time ever, New York Fashion Week – an annual tradition that showcases the spring lines of hundreds of the city’s top fashion designers – will coincide with the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah. See the rest here: N.Y. Rabbi Promotes... 

This is the first-place winner of MyJewishLearning.com and Shemspeed.com’s High Holiday Poetry Contest. Read our other winners, Wet Toes and Dragon Tefillin. Caregiver’s Rosh Hashanah by Rita Janice Traub The only shofar sounds we hear are beep... 

The more-than 30-year tradition of bringing the shofar into the classroom helps students connect with and understand the importance of Rosh Hashanah. See more here:  Children Toot Their Own Horns at Pre-New Year Workshops  Read More →

On Monday, Stacey Ballis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cooking. Her newest book, Good Enough to Eat, will be available September 7th. As I mentioned before, my Judaism, while deeply rooted and very important to me, is something that falls more on the side... 

T-minus eight days until Rosh Hashanah. In that time, I have to pack up all my things, get them in a moving truck, unpack my things, set up my new apartment and sleep. Then, I’ll still have about seven days until Rosh Hashanah. What ever will I... 

How will you be celebrating your Rosh Hashanah? I’m going to be heading up to Canada to celebrate with my family, eating a lot of good food and going to a lot of synagogue. Sounds like a normal day to me. But there are other ways to celebrate the... 

Question: I am a 15 year old boy learning in a Yeshiva. I have learned that these days leading up to Rosh Hashana are days of special closeness to G-d and that working to refine our behavior at this time is most appropriate. I would like to work on my... 

Yoram Ettinger Assembled from various Jewish Sages 1. The US covenant with the Jewish State transcends contemporary policy. It precedes the establishment of Israel and the USA. Columbus Day is celebrated around Sukkot. According to “Columbus Then... 

This high holiday season was new for me in many ways.  It was my first away from my family, it was the first time I fasted without drinking water, and it was also the first time I didn’t go to services during the day on Yom Kippur.  This last...