Rosh Hashanah
Rabbis mull whether to talk about politics on the High Holy Days
By Lauren Markoe — September 29, 2016
(RNS) Three rabbis give sneak peeks at their sermons for the High Holy Days as Jews welcome a New Year and atone for the past year's sins.
3 faith questions changed newsman David Gregory’s life
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 14, 2015
(RNS) His book "How's Your Faith?" shares his path to a deeper sense of his Jewish spiritual life.
One dead in Jerusalem as Israeli-Palestinian tension mounts during Jewish New Year
By Reuters — September 14, 2015
Stone throwing erupted Sunday in the city where Palestinians want to halt Jewish prayers near Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque.
Jewish beekeepers sweeten New Year, teach wisdom of the hive
By Lauren Markoe — September 9, 2015
(RNS) The lessons of the hive are all the more crucial to learn this New Year, say Jewish beekeepers.
The ‘Splainer: The Jewish High Holy Days
By Kimberly Winston — September 24, 2014
(RNS) Everything you need to know for the Jewish High Holy Days, from shofar to tashlich to Kol Nidre.
Jewish resolutions for the Jewish New Year
By Lauren Markoe — September 23, 2014
(RNS) Jewish New Year's resolutions aren't grounded in Jewish law. But some Jews like to make them anyway.
Muslims say they deserve school time off for holidays, too
By Omar Sacirbey — October 14, 2013
(RNS) For many Muslim families and students, getting Eid al-Adha as an official school holiday isn't just about equity and sparing students the hassle of make-up work, but connecting with their religious identity.
Survey: Yom Kippur not as important to younger Jews
By Lauren Markoe — September 3, 2013
(RNS) In these Days of Awe, as Jews call the 10-day period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we asked students and staff at Hillel to share their thoughts on the Jewish holidays and why so many Jews picked Yom Kippur as their favorite holiday.
Another way for Jews to atone this Yom Kippur: the eScapegoat
By Lauren Markoe — August 28, 2013
(RNS) The interactive eScapegoat site asks participants their age, but not their name, and provides space for typing in their sins. Since its Aug. 8 debut, more than 10,000 people have submitted their sins.
On the Jewish New Year, look who’s blowing the Shofar
By Lauren Markoe — September 13, 2012
(RNS) The blowing of the shofar, the ram's horn that rouses the soul on the Jewish New Year, has traditionally been assigned to an august member of a synagogue. But the art of shofar blowing is now for anyone who can manage to get a sound out of the instrument. By Lauren Markoe.
Rosh Hashanah 101: What you should know about the Jewish New Year
By Lauren Markoe — September 13, 2012
(RNS) The basics of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. By Lauren Markoe.
As holy days approach, rabbis reflect on final sermons
By Beth Kissileff — September 11, 2012
(RNS) A well-known Jewish adage says that one should “repent one day before your last one.” Religion News Service spoke to a variety of rabbis about what their final Jewish New Year message to their flock before leaving the pulpit would be. By Beth Kissileff.
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