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JERUSALEM (JTA) – The start of the Jewish New Year is filled with holy days, among them four foundational celebrations: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simhat Torah-Shemini Atzeret.
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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
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8/30/13
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NEWPORT – In 1763 in Newport, a lovely new building was dedicated to accommodate the growing Jewish congregation. Today, 250 years later, that same building, Touro Synagogue, still stands as the oldest synagogue in America; yet, it is not a …
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Sam Shamoon and Linda Shamoon
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8/30/13
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NEW YORK (JTA) – In 5773, the religious wars just would not go away.
In Israel, elections extending Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as prime minister delivered big wins to two anti-Orthodox-establishment upstarts, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. …
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Uriel Heilman
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8/30/13
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In time for the 2013 High Holy Days season, JNS.org has compiled a list of the top five popular songs to put you in the mood for introspection, repentance, and renewal – and a few just to make you smile.
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Binyamin Kagedan
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8/30/13
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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – After being offered the chance to go to the 2013 Maccabi Games, I was extremely excited and kept an open mind about what to expect.
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Andrew Mattera
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8/30/13
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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – Team Rhode Island had a fabulous time at Maccabi in Orange County. We competed in sports, performed in theatrical and dance numbers, contributed through community service projects, partied and made friendships that will …
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Shannon Boucher
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8/30/13
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CHICAGO – Memory-sharing can be a fun activity. When I was growing up in Providence during the 1940s, a highlight of the High Holy Days season was the anticipation of attending the Yom Kippur night dance.
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Selma Stanzler
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8/30/13
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When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High Holy Days. Its tale was a measure of Jewry’s ties to tradition, but also a gentle sign of its loss.
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Joel Rosenberg
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8/30/13
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Holocaust memoirs and eyewitness testimony record how Jews living under Nazi rule repeatedly took extraordinary risks to mark Yom Kippur in some way. Despite the grave dangers involved, and althou ”
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Rafael Medoff
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8/30/13
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The Sukkah City exhibition in September 2010, much like the temporary dwellings that it showcased, came and went. But a new documentary might make its legacy more permanent.
Director Jason Hutt’s “Sukkah City” chronicles the event in …
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Jacob Kamaras/JNS
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8/30/13
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