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Rosh Hashanah

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

The disruption of the festivals brings us clarity

This is a profoundly introspective time of year that orientates us towards accountability

By Rabbi Joseph Dweck

3 min read

Jewish man in tallit blowing shofar outdoors. Rosh Hashanah celebration

London's tastiest Rosh Hashanah feasts

London's tastiest Rosh Hashanah feasts

By Victoria Prever

2 min read

How to make this year's Rosh Hashanah the best and easiest yet

How to make this year's Rosh Hashanah the best and easiest yet

By Victoria Prever

2 min read

Spare a kind thought for the poor shul magazine editor

Joy Sable

Spare a kind thought for the poor shul magazine editor

2 min read

Hasidic Jewish pilgrims pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, in the town of Uman, about 200km from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, on September 25, 2022. - Tens of thousands of Jewish pilgrims flock despite war to Ukrainian city of Uman for their annual pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman from Breslov (1772-1810), founder of an ultra-Orthodox movement that settled in Uman in the early 1800s. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Despite war and Iranian drones, Chasidic pilgrims flock to Uman

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on July 24, 2022. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה יעיר לפיד פגישה קבינט

Israeli PM's Rosh Hashanah message to Jews worldwide

1 min read

Buon anno with a Seder

Buon anno with a Seder

By Victoria Prever

7 min read

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Uman nature: the pilgrims who flock to Ukraine

Photographer Gianluca Cecere has often photographed the Chasids who visit a rabbi's grave every year for Rosh Hashanah. But will they stay away this year?

By Gianluca Cecere

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September 24, 2022 20:16

September 11- 2018. Uman, Ukraine, Ultra orthodox jews pray at the bank of a lake formed by the Umanka River during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi: Our community will adapt and thrive despite the challenges we all face

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis' message to the community

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September 22, 2022 18:11

Chief Rabbi: Our community will adapt and thrive despite the challenges we all face

Gordon Brown praises Jewish community as ‘strong, compassionate, and devoted to service' in Masorti's Rosh Hashanah video

The former Prime Minister recalls words of wisdom from the late Rabbi Sacks and the importance of faith in bridging differences and creating a better world

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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September 22, 2022 16:27

Gordon Brown praises Jewish community as ‘strong, compassionate, and devoted to service' in Masorti's Rosh Hashanah video

Sir Keir Starmer reflects on Rosh Hashanah with rabbis in Belsize Square Synagogue

Donning a kippah, the Labour leader attended a meeting with Rabbi Gabriel Botnick and Rabbi Rose Prevezer

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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September 22, 2022 11:00

Sir Keir Starmer reflects on Rosh Hashanah with rabbis in Belsize Square Synagogue

Hadley Freeman

By Hadley Freeman

Yes kids, Rosh Hashanah IS as good as Christmas

Hadley Freeman's guide to ensuring your children grow up with a respect for their religion

2 min read

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September 22, 2022 09:22

385848 20: Actors, left to right, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Courteney Cox Arquette as Monica Geller and David Schwimmer as Ross Geller star in NBC's comedy series "Friends" episode "The One with the Holiday Armadillo." In this corner, hailing from the north pole Santa Claus. In this corner, hailing from Texas the Holiday Armadillo. (Photo by Warner Bros. Television)

Gareth Malone: I want to teach the shul to sing

Britain's best-known choirmaster helps Finchley Reform congregants perfect a song for the High Holy Days

By Karen Glaser

3 min read

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September 22, 2022 09:13

PHOTO:JEFF GILBERT 15th September 2022 Gareth Malone having written a bespoke piece of music together with Cantor Zoe Jacobs for this year’s High Holy Days. Rehearsing with 120 members of the community who have put themselves forward to be in Gareth’s FRS choir and during the Rosh Hashanah morning service (and again on Simchat Torah) Gareth will be turning the whole community into his choir, teaching everyone this new song and conducting so the community sing together. FRS wanted to create a way of holding the mixed feelings of this New Year and acknowledge the complexities of celebrating people’s survival of a pandemic and yet recognising how fragile it has left people feeling and how many were lost in this painful way.

On my plate for the new year

In which I share my Rosh Hashanah menu

By Victoria Prever

2 min read

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September 21, 2022 16:20

On my plate for the new year

Last minute Rosh Hashanah retail

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September 21, 2022 12:12

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Biden to host first ever White House Rosh Hashanah party

Obama's former VP was the first to host High Holiday events at his official residence

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

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September 21, 2022 10:20

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 16: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks before signing The Inflation Reduction Act in the State Dining Room of the White House August 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. The $737 billion bill focuses on climate change, lower health care costs and creating clean energy jobs by enacting a 15% corporate minimum tax, a 1-percent fee on stock buybacks and enhancing IRS enforcement. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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