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THE MASSES pray at the Western Wall during Hol Hamoed Sukkot, October 2, 2023.

WATCH: Over 50,000 Jewish worshipers gather for Birkat Kohanim at Western Wall

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

REGALING AUDIENCES at the Royal Theatre in Rabat, Morocco.

Discovering Arabic music, harnessing Jewish piyutim

Shabbat candles

What time does Yom Kippur start?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shofars with silver and gold ornamentation on display at the Kol Shofar Gallery, Moshav Ramat Yoav, Israel.

Keeping the echo alive: The last of Israel’s traditional shofar makers

By AARON PORIS/THE MEDIA LINE

Hundreds of people pray at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto on Yom Kippur (The photograph was taken from a surveillance camera).

AI, pluralism and Israel: What North American rabbis spoke about in their High Holiday sermons

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

FAINA RECEIVES food and support for the holidays.

High Holy Days: A fresh start, change of heart in this sacred season - opinion

By YAEL ECKSTEIN

THE MASSES gather at the Western Wall for prayers of forgiveness before Yom Kippur, last year. Forgiveness is a concept that is foreign to those who embrace cancel culture, but it is a tenet of Judaism, says the writer.

God is against cancel culture - opinion

By EVAN NIERMAN

NEW JERSEY police officers stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, last year.

Bomb threats target US synagogues during Rosh Hashanah

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Children picking pomegranates in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona.

Rosh Hashanah: Food traditions of the Jewish High Holy Days

By SYBIL KAPLAN

Eve

Rosh Hashanah: Thoughts of women during the Days of Awe

By DAVID GEFFEN

Scales of Justice: Libra astrological sign at the Wisconsin State Capitol.

What role do women have in the Jewish High Holy Days? - opinion

By DVORA WAYSMAN

PICK THREE things you'd like to work on and write them down.

Heading mindfully into the High Holy Days

By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN

‘IN OSLO, Norway, it was only walking past that allowed me to see the Oslo Synagogue at all. And, merely walking by, I was approached by a security guard who wanted to know what I was doing there,’ says the writer.

Jews must prepare for High Holidays bomb threats, security experts warn

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA , Jacob Gurvis/JTA

POLICE PATROL outside al-Aqsa Mosque amid clashes in the area this week.

Armed guards posted at all Jerusalem synagogues amid rising terror

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People line up to reach Ukraine on a train, some of them Israelis and Jews from around the world seeking to get to Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

Israelis flock to Ukraine's Uman despite concerns of Russian strikes

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir during a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem. March 6, 2023.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir clash on Palestinian prisoners' rights

By ANNA BARSKY , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Spiced Pumpkin Old Fashioned

Happy New Year: Time to drink

By JAY ROSEN

JONAH HAD to descend to the deepest part of the ocean to reclaim his faith.

Holding out for a hero: The story of prophets and God's plan - opinion

By STEWART WEISS