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Rosh HaShanah Customs, Symbols, and Traditions
There are many customs and traditions associated with Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year, a time of prayer, self-reflection and repentance.
Social Action Guide for the High Holidays
The High Holidays are a time of personal reflection and repentance and an opportunity to reaffirm the Jewish tradition’s longstanding commitment to tikkun olam (repair of the world).
From Hava Nagilla to Hip-Hop: The Soundtrack of Israel
Naomi Cohn-Zentner, a music instructor at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem, was interviewed by the RJ editors on how Israeli music has captured the changing realities and dreams of the nation.
Conscience & Combat
The code gives a very reasonable set of principles that allow the state to be both effective in the defense of its citizens and protection of human dignity.
Stem Cell Research
What are the Jewish texts and values underlying the resolution on stem cell research? Jewish tradition teaches us that preserving life and promoting health are among the most precious of values. These values have informed our affirmative commitment to medical science throughout the ages.
Confronting and Combating Poverty in the United States
What are the Jewish texts and values underlying the resolution on confronting and combating poverty? "Our teachers have said: If all the troubles of the world are assembled on one side and poverty is on the other, poverty would outweigh them all" ( Midrash Exodus Rabbah 31:12).
Genocide by Any Other Name is Still Genocide: Crisis in Darfur, Sudan
As early as March of this year, humanitarian organizations were issuing warnings of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan. For a long time these warnings continued to be ignored by most of the mainstream and Jewish media, and Americans remain virtually unaware of the atrocities occurring there.
Musical Settings: Mah Tovu
Mah Tovu, Oh How Good. These words flow out of Balaam’s mouth at the summit of the height that overlooks the wasteland where the Hebrews are encamped. It is the third time that Balak has tried to get Balaam to curse the Israelites and yet out of Balaam’s mouth comes a blessing.
Musical Settings: Avot v’Imahot
The major rubric of the Jewish Prayer Service, the T'fillah, begins with our daily re-introduction between Jewish people and the Divine by way of making the family connection from our biblical ancestors to the Jewish present.
Diaspora: Miracle in Barbados
The alluring beauty, pristine beaches, ideal climate, and music festivals make Barbados one of the world's top winter tourist spots. What's more, this easternmost Caribbean island offers Jewish visitors Kabbalat Shabbat services in an exquisitely reconstructed historic synagogue; a new interactive Jewish museum; and a recently excavated mikveh, the oldest known in the Western Hemisphere.