Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a joyful and introspective occasion. It is the start of the High Holiday period — also known as the Days of Awe — ending with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.Among Rosh Hashanah traditions, we hear the sounding...
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn day on the Jewish calendar. We devote the day to introspection and repentance. Many people fast on Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur ends with the sounding of the shofar (ram’s horn).
Often, grandparents are a primary source of Jewish traditions and values in their families. Now grandparents can learn from the extraordinary Jonathan Shmidt Chapman — JGN’s new Jewish Family Life Education Consultant — how to use play, creativity, and hands-on exploration to connect with grandchildren...
Join JGN and Jonathan Shmidt Chapman, award-winning Jewish educator, artist, and author, who will draw from his new book Let There Be Play: Bringing the Bible to Life with Young Children (Behrman House). Jonathan will provide accessible and kid-friendly adaptations of Torah stories and activities...
The festive holiday of Sukkot is named for the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which, according to Jewish tradition, the Israelites dwelt during their forty years of wandering in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt. Sukkot starts the evening of October 16 and...
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are celebrated together on one day by Reform Jews and over two days by traditional Jews. We celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of reading the Torah. The holiday begins the evening of October 23. Read more about Shemini...
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are celebrated together on one day (October 24) by Reform Jews and over two days (October 24–25) by traditional Jews. We celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of reading the Torah. The holiday begins the evening of October 24....
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