Carlos Portugal Gouvêa, a former visiting law professor at Harvard Law School, was arrested on Oct. 1 after firing a BB/pellet gun near the Temple Beth Zion during its late Kol Nidre service. Carlos ...

I read with much interest, the recent action of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, and that of my dear friend and teacher, Prof, Mordecal M. Kaplan, in reference to the substitution of the ...

WASHINGTON — The Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus (MLJC), denounces the decision of the Student Government Association (SGA) at the University of Maryland to hold a vote on a resolution calling on ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - As dusk settled over the Shaker Lakes Nature Center on Wednesday evening, the quiet of the surrounding woods framed a gathering inside the center’s main building, where one ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish faith, is being celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Yom Kippur is the day of atonement following the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It involves followers of the ...

Yom Kippur begins at sundown Wednesday, with observant Jews fasting and seeking forgiveness for their sins, with law enforcement being on their customary heightened alert against possible threats to ...

As the Jewish High Holidays come to a close, the Silverlake Independent Jewish Community Center is putting together an immersive art installation, “UnLoose,” to mark the occasion. What to expect: “ I ...

Torah scrolls at a San Diego synagogue. (File photo by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) The solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur in 2025 begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, with San Diego-area ...

Relix will stream a series of spiritual and musically inclined High Holiday services this week. The free streams include the Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur morning service slated to take place at New York’s ...

Recently I attended a naming ceremony at Temple Israel for a precious daughter born to a sweet family we love. We had attended the naming ceremony of her older sister, Penelope, and were eager to be a ...

Beginning Monday evening, Evanston Jewish communities will celebrate the start of the High Holidays and usher in the Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah — a time of introspection and ...

The past year has been especially challenging for Jews worldwide, with antisemitism on the rise and global unrest spreading. But with the High Holy Days nearing, Palm Beach’s Jewish community is ...