holidays

I thought I’d heard of all the major High Holiday customs–fish heads or goat heads on the table, kaparot, and ...

This week we’re all gearing up for the big fast starting on Wednesday night, so I’ve been reviewing the rules ...

The Sway Machinery, who were the subjects of an interview in these pages right before Rosh Hashanah, are celebrating a ...

It’s that time of year again. That time when I can’t decide whether to stand with my holy-but-barbaric brothers and ...

As I’ve previously made hints to, I’m a pretty big Sacramento Kings fan.  So when I was in Sacramento last ...

When we talk about amazing Jewish music that came out of the first half of the last century, it’s a ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly haunted.It might just be my social awkwardness speaking (because, really, when’s the ...

We’re in the midst of aseret yemei teshuva  — the Ten Days of Repentance — so I thought I’d share ...

So while Jews across the country were locked inside Rosh Hashanah services for the past two days, the world outside ...

Answer us, God, on this day of fasting, because we are in great pain. This morning, when I read the ...