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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Jewish holidays

A public bomb shelter where Israelis were murdered during the October 7 massacre one year ago, on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, September 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Leaders try to find ways to ritualize grief, with some putting out supplements to the usual prayers that focus on the tragedy and 12 months of conflict with no end in sight
A public bomb shelter where Israelis were murdered during the October 7 massacre one year ago, on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, September 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 11, 2024, 2:23 am
One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
Leaders try to find ways to ritualize grief, with some putting out supplements to the usual prayers that focus on the tragedy and 12 months of conflict with no end in sight
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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
Among the new Haggadahs to be published in 2024 are several for families and one for Star Wars fans. (Collage by Mollie Suss/JTA)
April 16, 2024, 7:04 am
Inside 10 new Haggadahs for 2024: US and Israel take their places at the Seder table
As Jews around the world celebrate the first Passover since Oct. 7, some of these Seder guides touch on politics, while others feature humor, history and Hollywood stars
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Penny Schwartz
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas terror group lead a Purim parade in Jerusalem, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 25, 2024, 5:59 pm
In Israel and beyond, Purim revelry tempered by trauma, thoughts of hostages
The usually festive Jewish holiday celebrates an ancient victory over a threatened genocide, but takes a different shape this year in the shadow of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Moshe Turk of the Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland looks at a damaged menorah at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, California, December 13, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images via JTA)
December 15, 2023, 3:29 pm
Menorahs across the US vandalized as Jews celebrate Hanukkah amid antisemitism spike
The damage comes as Jewish communities are on high alert due to rise in hate crimes around the globe after the Hamas Oct. 7 atrocities sparked the ongoing war in Gaza
By jacob gurvis
A family member whose father was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, holds a menorah as he searches in the rubble of his home for memories, in Kibbutz Be’eri, November 30, 2023. (Chen Schimmel/Flash90)
December 14, 2023, 4:55 pm
From Be’eri to DC, menorahs retrieved from the Oct. 7 wreckage light up for Hanukkah
In the wake of the massacre, the war it launched and a rise in antisemitism, these candelabras lit in Israel, NYC’s Gracie Mansion and the White House have a special significance
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Young Jews celebrate Shabbat during the 2022 Infinite Light Hanukkah festival in Los Angeles. (Courtesy of NuRoots via JTA)
December 9, 2023, 1:18 am
How US Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war
Joy has felt hard to come by in Jewish communities following the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities, and the holiday offers a chance to figure out how to balance sadness and celebration
By jacob gurvis
Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaks next to Rabbi Levi Shemtov, during the National Chanukah Menorah lighting, December 7, 2023, on the ellipse of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
December 8, 2023, 9:46 pm
Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff have 3 menorahs, representing Jewish joy and trauma
With one pre-WWII candelabra, one designed by Holocaust survivor Erwin Thieberger and one on loan from the Tree of Life Synagogue, triumph and tragedy are represented together
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Mothers and daughters approach Congregation Shaarei Tefila synagogue in Los Angeles on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, October 7, 2023. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
October 10, 2023, 11:45 am
How Diaspora Jews offline for a 2-day holiday found out about the attack on Israel
Many Orthodox Jews don’t use electronics – including phones – on the normally joyous day of Simhat Torah, and only learned the tragic news through bits and pieces of hearsay
By Gabe Friedman and jacob gurvis
A member of the Bnei Menashe community in northeastern India works to construct a temporary structure used in celebrating Sukkot. (Courtesy Shavei Israel via JTA)
October 6, 2023, 10:11 am
Displaced by ethnic violence, India’s Bnei Menashe Jews construct sukkahs nonetheless
As conflict in the northeastern state of Manipur enters its sixth month, a Jewish community fleeing decimated homes and burned synagogues is starting to see its exile as permanent
By Jordyn Haime
A young couple cycles through Central Park on the first day of Chol Hamoed Sukkot 2023. (Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)
October 5, 2023, 4:44 am
Sukkot turns New York City into a playground for local Jews
During the holiday’s intermediate days, when most normal activity is permitted but kids are off from school, families venture out in droves – and the city adapts to welcome them
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The DreamWorks Water Park is seen at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, September 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
October 1, 2023, 5:59 am
NJ megamall to offer gender-segregated swimming on Sukkot for Orthodox clientele
Haredi Jews often throng to American Dream Mall for mini golf, ice skating, a theme park and more during the Jewish holidays – but this year, its water park is making waves
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Left: Max Fried delivers a pitch in a spring training game against the Tampa Bay Rays, March 21, 2021. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images via JTA); Right: Dean Kremer pitches for the Baltimore Orioles in a spring training game against the Minnesota Twins, March 9, 2021. (Mark Brown/Getty Images via JTA)
September 24, 2023, 5:01 pm
MLB has more Jewish players than ever; none has Yom Kippur dilemma
Some athletes choose to follow in the footsteps of greats like Hank Greenberg or Sandy Koufax and sit out Judaism’s holiest day, which usually falls close to the World Series
By jacob gurvis
Hank Greenberg scores after hitting a home run to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox, September 10, 1934. (UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
September 16, 2023, 3:13 am
Remembering Jewish baseball legend Hank Greenberg’s 1934 Rosh Hashanah dilemma
With the Detroit Tigers nearly neck-and-neck with the New York Yankees in the pennant race, the future Hall of Fame slugger had a tough choice to make on the Jewish new year
By jacob gurvis
Rabbi Mendel Zarchi helps Howard Rother lay tefillin at his cotton farm in Cecil Plains, in the Australian state of Queensland. (Courtesy of Rabbi Menachem Aron via JTA)
September 15, 2023, 4:34 pm
How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah
Known for its religious outreach, the Chabad movement often sets up outposts in towns with small Jewish populations, but this effort in the outback takes the (honey) cake
By Nomi Kaltmann
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