Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holidays, a period for reflection and repentance. The holiday is celebrated with festive meals, prayers, and the blowing of a ...

Monday night at sundown, Jews around the world began the annual observance of a new year on the lunar Hebrew calendar, a period of introspection and prayers for better times ahead. But right now, Jews ...

The first night of the Jewish New Year means families are gathering for feasts around the table. The dishes are often passed down through generations. However, there is one woman who is modernizing ...

Years ago, right after Yom Kippur morning services let out, a woman walked up to me in the synagogue lobby in great distress. I had given a sermon that pressed on the issues of the day, and it had ...

BEACHWOOD, Ohio — The festive spirit was palpable at the Cleveland Marriott East as more than 140 people gathered Monday to observe Erev Rosh Hashanah. Organized by Celebrating Jewish Life, the event ...

The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, celebrating the Jewish New Year, starts at sundown Monday evening. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins a period of reflection known as the High Holidays. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in Judaism and involves a daylong fast. The High ...

Rosh Hashanah is here, and the Jewish New Year is being celebrated with a slew of prayer services across town — and a lot of good food, too. Here's what you need to know about the holiday. Rosh ...

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and occurs not at the turn of the calendar year, but in the early fall. One popular holiday custom is eating apples dipped in honey, a tasty symbol of the wishes ...