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Traditionally performed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Tashlich is a rite in which Jews symbolically cast away their sins by throwing breadcrumbs into a body of moving water…
This photograph of Jewish men on a Miami beach carrying their prayer books to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah appeared in Nagler and Isaac Bashevis Singer’s 1991 book, My Love Affair with Miami Beach. The…
Adonay,
Our people have called You Monarch of the universe.
Help us who live without a monarch on a throne
To perceive Your sovereignty
In the royal splendor that pervades the universe,
In the holy…
We have strayed off the path, missed the mark.
We address the Parent of the Universe,
the Majesty of Life.
There is no other.
We pray for renewal this year,
that harsh decrees be annulled,
that…
Wolin spent six years photographing a hundred Jewish residents of Wyoming, eventually publishing the photographs in a 2000 book, The Jews of Wyoming: Fringe of the Diaspora. Her black-and-white…
Right after Passover, with the first rays of the gentle summer sun, a new worry erupted for the Jewish inhabitants of all the small towns—the call-up for military service. The “young toughs” began to…
“…but Rabbi, even if I can read some of the prayers I still don’t understand what I’m saying.… To tell you the truth I’d rather take a quiet reflective walk in the park this…