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The Shofar as Prayer

Lessons from tradition about the meaning of the ram's horn blown on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Sephardic Jewish Immigrants: The Second Wave

A renewed influx of Sephardic immigrants around the turn of the 20th century.

Body and Soul

Indispensable partners for doing life's sacred work

A High Holiday Meditation

Facing the music on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Liberating Life

The High Holidays focus on death so that we may renew our lives.

How to Prepare Spiritually for the Jewish New Year

Five ways to focus your spiritual preparations for the High Holidays.

German Jewish Immigrants

A Bavarian influx changed the face of American Jewry in the mid 19th century.

American Jewish History Links

American Jewish History Links

Confronting Death, Finding Renewal

The emphatic message of the High Holidays: Change is possible.

Mary Antin: The Wonders of America

Despite poverty, a Jewish immigrant to America finds promise and opportunity.

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