What hath Brooklyn Jewry wrought?

This week’s Daf Yomi considers—with Chaucerian verve—whether a rabbinic elite spoke for the Jewish people

Ignoring cultural difference and overestimating politics has left us without a resolution. We can do better.

Shielding kids from the Yizkor memorial service, or death in general, is misguided—as children’s books suggest

Who volunteers to sing in the synagogue choir for Kol Nidre? This year, I joined and found out.

How can you enter a day of moral repair with words on your lips that annul your past and future promises?

To reach the kids, services are adapting to include technology

A lesson for Yom Kippur from the loving reception a random transvestite got on the Internet

Forget bagels and cream cheese. Break the Yom Kippur fast in a new way with recipes from a Top Chef master.

The yearly dance of scheduling conflicts commences

The High Holidays are the perfect time to instruct children in the art of saying ‘I’m sorry’—and meaning it

Judaism’s wheel has many spokes

Writing a song for my synagogue, hearing it sung at Lincoln Center, and finally finding the right words to tell my kids why Judaism is important

An incredible Occupy Wall Street Kol Nidrei draws hundreds

Diplomat Dennis Ross and Times columnist Tom Friedman give an annual Yom Kippur seminar at Kol Shalom in Rockville, Md., a synagogue they helped start