On the days Jews know as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, these Christians celebrate what they call the Feast of Trumpets and Day of Atonement. “We’re not trying to be Jewish,” said Dexter ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with ...

Yom Kippur means Day of Atonement. It is the most sacred and solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Atonement means to put things right. That day is about people putting things right with God through ...

It is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival ... Scholars say that Jesus celebrated it in the unnamed feast in John 5:1. As a kid I didn’t celebrate Halloween so ...

The holy rebbe, Rav Yisroel of Ruzhin, adds that Purim is even more, for while on Yom Kippur Hashem forgives only with teshuva, repentance, on Purim He forgives as soon as we ask Him, as it says, Kol ...

Kol Nidre, the introductory service of Yom Kippur, took place in the Klausen Synagogue on Friday night, ending a hiatus that lasted more than 80 years and encompassed both the murder and ...

Whether it’s post-Yom Kippur bagels or round challahs for Rosh Hashanah, the Peninsula Jewish community doesn’t have to go far to enjoy its break fast fix from a traditional New York-style ...