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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

High Holidays

Illustrative: Members of the Florida Army National Guard check for any remaining residents in nearly deserted Bradenton Beach, where piles of debris from Hurricane Helene flooding still sits outside damaged homes ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, October 8, 2024, on Anna Maria Island, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
October 9, 2024, 4:45 pm
As Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, rabbi defies evacuation order so he can help
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Fort Myers plans to host Yom Kippur services as local Jewish leaders try to negotiate the holiday amid the storm’s dangers
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, at podium, addresses community members and other local, state law enforcement officials in a town hall on antisemitic violence at YULA Boys High School in Los Angeles, February 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
October 4, 2024, 3:54 am
Hezbollah crisis adds to threats facing Diaspora Jews over High Holidays, experts say
Amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and ahead of the anniversary of Oct. 7, Jewish communities take precautions against terror retaliation, anti-Israel protests and far-right attackers
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: European diplomats visit the largely-empty city of Kiryat Shmona, July 11, 2024. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
October 3, 2024, 4:04 pm
Israel’s 68,000 evacuees mark the Jewish new year wondering when they will return home
In the year since the Oct. 7 massacre, near-daily attacks by Hezbollah have left the lives of displaced northern residents in limbo. And now the conflict is intensifying
By Deborah Danan
Daniel Gammerman gathers prayer items that he will use to privately worship at home during the Jewish High Holy Days, Thursday, September 26, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
October 2, 2024, 10:54 pm
Feeling out of place at synagogue, Orthodox LGBTQ Jews make their own spaces
Eshel, a US-based organization focused on LGBTQ Orthodox communities, finds that after coming out, people often wonder if they still belong in the spaces they were raised in
By María Teresa Hernández
Craig Berko, director of membership at Temple Beth Sholom, prepares to hand out prayer books during a Shabbat service, September 27, 2024, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
October 1, 2024, 9:44 am
US Jews report ‘difficult time’ as High Holidays and October 7 anniversary coincide
At peak of religious calendar, synagogues to commemorate deadly Hamas attack on Israel, amid rising antisemitism and pain over ongoing war, remaining hostages
By AP and ToI Staff
Members of the Piyyut Ensemble, including Riff Cohen (third from left) record 'Hoshana,' ahead of the Jewish High Holidays (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 13, 2024, 8:20 am
With High Holidays on horizon, a musical group takes penitence on tour
Piyyut Ensemble joins with rocker Berry Sakharov and singer Riff Cohen for Tel Aviv show as band puts season’s liturgy, ancient and new, onstage
By Jessica Steinberg
Police and security personnel at Mazmuria checkpoint, near East Jerusalem, where a Palestinian man attempted to stab police officers, September 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 19, 2023, 11:32 am
Police urge gun owners to carry at synagogue as terror alerts spike at High Holidays
Police note 15% rise in warnings compared to recent months, likely to rise further in lead-up to Yom Kippur next week; authorities encourage public to be extra vigilant
By ToI Staff
The expansive interior of the Chicago Loop Synagogue is conducive to social distancing. (Paul Harding/FAIA via JTA)
September 15, 2023, 9:09 am
Some US synagogues adopt COVID measures for holidays, but ‘business as usual’ for most
Precautions range from provision of masks for congregants who want them to requiring they be worn; several rabbis say rising cases won’t change their Rosh Hashanah plans
By jacob gurvis
Police stationed outside a synagogue after threats to the Jewish community, in New York City, November 4, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 15, 2023, 3:36 am
‘A little more alert than usual’: Dogs, security checks at US synagogues for festivals
Precautions reflect heightened readiness since 2018 Pittsburgh massacre and other violent antisemitic incidents, and current spate of false bomb threats
By Ron Kampeas and jacob gurvis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sept. 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 10, 2023, 9:52 pm
Netanyahu deflects Ben Gvir bid to harshen conditions of security prisoners
Defiant national security minister insists his office has final say, after PM sides with security establishment and pushes off decision on minimizing visitation rights
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant holds an assessment with top military and defense officials at his office in Tel Aviv, September 7, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
September 7, 2023, 8:49 pm
Gallant warns terror groups of ‘crushing’ response to attacks over Jewish holidays
Defense minister holds assessment with IDF brass ahead of High Holidays, says Israel’s enemies will attempt to harm citizens during festivities
By Emanuel Fabian
Basij paramilitary force members march during the annual pro-Palestinian Al-Quds, or Jerusalem, Day rally as they cover their faces in the style of Palestinian and Lebanese terrorists in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
August 31, 2023, 6:25 pm
Ahead of High Holidays, Israel warns travelers of kidnapping threat
In its annual guidelines, National Security Council says Iran and Hamas are seeking to snatch Israelis at home and abroad
By Lazar Berman
Zimtsterne, also eaten after Yom Kippur as a break-fast treat. (The Nosher/ JTA)
October 3, 2022, 10:07 pm
German Christmas cookies turn traditional Yom Kippur break-fast treats
Zimtsterne, or cinnamon stars, are known to observant Jews as ‘erste sternen,’ or first stars – a reminder of the first evening stars that must be visible before breaking the fast
By Ronnie Fein
US President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate the Jewish new year in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff applaud at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
October 1, 2022, 3:33 am
‘I went to shul more than most of you’: Biden hosts High Holiday reception
At White House event, US president jokes about his many visits to synagogue near his Delaware home, says lessons of Jewish holidays relevant to current state of the country
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Jews pray during Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, at the Magen Abraham Synagogue in Ahmedabad, India on September 28, 2020. (Sam Panthaky/AFP)
September 30, 2022, 6:19 am
Pre-Yom Kippur, psychologist of religion asks what Judaism says about forgiveness
Most Jews believe some offenses too severe to forgive, that asking someone who’s not the victim for forgiveness is illogical and that forgiveness isn’t offered unconditionally
By Adam B. Cohen
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