Jewish Religion and Thought
An effort to help Jews who due to coronavirus restrictions cannot visit Jerusalem this holiday season.
It was found in a manuscript written just after the Expulsion, which was likely used by Catalonian exiles living in Provence.
Up to 20 can pray in outdoor quorums • Cantors, others assigned to blow shofar granted exemptions to apply for travel permits.
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, synagogues nationwide have drastically adjusted their holiday programming to minimize congregant interactions and time spent in one area. Still, the point, say rabbis, is to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, in whatever form that looks like.
They write that the Southern Poverty Law Center “partners” with CAIR, an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror case that proved connections to Hamas and other radical Islamic entities.
Tashlich, a Jewish New Year ritual involving the casting off of sins, must not take place near water this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau.
Some will spread out congregants for social distancing, some will go ahead with abbreviated prayer sessions, and some will arrange for online programs, keeping folks at home.
Rabbi Jonathan Markowitz has overseen two decades of extensive educational and social activity in the Ukrainian city, which only grew once coronavirus hit.
Leaders of Haredi cities and towns warn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu they will not forget who painted them as “spreaders of disease.”
The tradition that was “inspired by our ancestors” provides a safe way to connect to others when many have been socially isolated and when stereotypes abound.
According to excavation director Yaakov Billig, this is the first time scaled-down versions of the giant Proto-Aeolian capitals found in the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel have been discovered.
Rabbi Yissachar Krakowski and team prepared 300 kosher meals over the course of the two-day event in the United Arab Emirates.
