(The Conversation) — As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate the High Holy Days, a scholar of the Bible explains their history and why they might offer consolation in times of uncertainty. As a ...

(The Conversation) – Over the next few weeks, members of the Jewish faith will observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, usually in September and October. These ...

It is known that on Yom Kippur and Hoshana Rabba, the heavens seal our judgment and decrees for the coming up year. And yet according to Kabbalah, the hidden secrets of the Holy Torah, it is written ...

Our Torah portion, Emor, has the most detailed list in the Torah of our Festivals and other Holy Days. This Torah portion gives us the opportunity not only to study what the various holidays are, but ...

A new written Torah, the Unity Torah of Bellaire, was dedicated at the Shul of Bellaire a week before Rosh Hashana, setting the stage for the joyfulness of the High Holy Days, which will come to a ...

On the table outside Rabbi Zachary Zysman’s office at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, six portraits of hostages killed by Hamas are weighed down by a small stone, placed there as an act of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jewish High Holy Days commemorate concepts such as renewal, forgiveness, freedom and joy. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via ...

Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from 2020. Story from The Conversation by Samuel L. Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder.

Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from 2020. Story from The Conversation by Samuel L. Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder.