In recent years, efforts to promote diversity and inclusion have increased in every sector of life. Synagogues are no ...

As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate the High Holy Days, a scholar of the Bible explains their history and why they ...

Approaching the High Holidays in the shadow of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and escalating tensions throughout the Middle ...

Welcome Home Cooperstown is slated to host its monthly meet and greet 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Village Hall, 22 Main St.

The Jewish celebration of the advent of a new year bears little resemblance to the sort of sentimental emoting and tipsiness ...

As we head into the coming weeks, synagogues will be filled. Whether in a grand synagogue or a smaller, makeshift minyan, I ...

As Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur approach, local delis are in full swing preparing for the influx of customers during the High ...

According to rabbinic interpretations, Rosh Hashana commemorates God’s creation of humanity. Tradition has it that Rosh Hashana is a time when God judges humans, and especially “his people,” Israel.

As we welcome the beginning of the academic year, Jewish members of our community will also be ushering in the Jewish new year as they celebrate and observe the High Holy Days.

The Jewish Press gave community rabbis the opportunity to submit their holiday messages. Additional messages ran in the Sept. 2 edition. Heal the divisions The High Holy Days give us an opportunity to ...

For nonmembers who are looking for a way to connect to their Judaism during the High Holy Days season, there are still a few South Florida synagogues that allow Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur ...

Holy Cross will be without option quarterback Claude Johnson for four to six weeks because of a Grade 2 tear in the medial ...