Jewish and Israeli Holidays
The online “peace and justice” conversation is to focus on “U.S. militarism and racism” and is listed on the official website of the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs.
JNS has pressed the United Nations in the past on its lack of greetings to Jews for the High Holidays though it regularly sends holiday messages to other face groups.
Jewish giving has surged since Oct. 7, while donor priorities have shifted from emergency aid to long-term recovery.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis will lead the Yom Kippur services alongside survivors and bereaved relatives of the victims.
A short prayer has been composed for combat soldiers who must eat on Yom Kippur, Lt. Col. Rabbi Udi Schwartz, head of the Military Rabbinate’s Halacha Department, tells JNS.
“New York as we know it would not be New York as we know it without the Jews,” the prominent Reform rabbi told JNS.
During cooler days and starry night skies, share some meals with family and friends while harkening back to the booths of yore.
Yoni Finlay, who was shot while defending his synagogue on Yom Kippur, says heightened security continues to shape Jewish life a year after the deadly attack.
“Let us understand that we are all one people,” the president said. “May you and the entire House of Israel be sealed for a good year.”
Praying with hundreds of fellow worshippers on Judaism’s holiest site was a “liberated prayer experience,” said Hebron spokesman Yishai Fleisher.
Archaeologists presented fresh findings on the Israeli capital’s ancient fortifications, water systems, roads and pilgrimage routes.
After months of holding services in borrowed spaces, congregants returned to their sanctuary nearly six months after a truck attack targeted Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich.
