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Jewish Holidays


Celebrate and observe the Jewish holidays: Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Tu Beshevat and more.

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

 Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 23, 2022. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate their community's connection and commitment to Israel.

Ethiopian-Israelis celebrate Sigd holiday under the shadow of war

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Shabbat candles

Shabbat, Simchat Torah candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

 'ASCENDANCE,’ BY Yoram Raanan, oil collage on board, 61 X 45 cm, 2023

Touching spiritual heights with art in honor of the joyful holiday

By MEIRA RAANAN
 Maurycy Gottlieb: ‘Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur,’ 1878

We are part of the human family: A reflection for Yom Kippur

By RABBI RON KRONISH
 Sukkah (illustrative)

Sukkot: A versatile verse

A sukkah

Sukkot: Joy in permanence and transience

 PRAYING FOR forgiveness at the Western Wall before Yom Kippur.

'Mimini Mikhael': Yom Kippur must be transformative - review

By ROSS SINGER
 PICKING MYRTLE plants, one of the Four Species, for use in 'lulavim.'

Sukkot: One small step for unity - opinion

By MOSHE TARAGIN
 Orthodox Jews participate in a musical prayer service during which they walk around the synagogue carrying an etrog, a large citrus fruit, and a lulav.

Agriculture Ministry warns Israelis on bringing Four Species from abroad for Sukkot

 VA'ANI TEFILATI (Yoram Raanan)

Why is Yom Kippur the happiest day of the year? - opinion

By GEDALIAH GURFEIN
 MILLIONS OF Inquisition-era documents are waiting to be unearthed. The writer’s current mission is their digitization.

Kol Nidre: A light of Jewish survival for 600 years - opinion

By GENIE MILGROM
 ‘I HOLD my dad as close in my heart as he held me,’ says the writer.

'Who shall live, who shall die': Matters of life and death on Yom Kippur

By FERN ALLEN
 NEW IMMIGRANTS, survivors of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps, after their arrival at the Atlit reception camp.

How to turn curses into blessings - opinion

 OPEN A new, clean page for the coming year.

Yom Kippur: Opportunity for forgiveness

 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
 The Ades Synagogue in Jerusalem.

'Selichot Journey': Giving a modern look to High Holy Day prayers - review

By MORDECHAI BECK
 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
 Hand-colored etching of Hagar, baby Ishmael and Abraham.

Rosh Hashanah: Torah readings warn that even the righteous can fail

By MORDECHAI BECK
‘DOROTHY, YOU always had the power.’ ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ 1939.

Rosh Hashanah: Expanding who we are

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