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…Yom Kippur Holiday Duty How those in the military balance the High Holidays with their responsibilities. T Alan Muskovitz ABOVE: Colten Baitch, an Orthodox Jew, observed the High Holidays as best he could while on a mission in Afghanistan in 2010. He still serves as a drill sergeant in South Carolina. 32 he challenges of getting ready for the High Holidays. Maybe, in your case, it’s the added stress of preparing Rosh Hashanah dinner for...…
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…Yom Kippur Online Confessions AtoneNet.com allows you to apologize anonymously — but does it really allow you to atone? ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER T echnology affects nearly every aspect of life today, so why not the Day of Atonement? With Yom Kippur nearly here, some Jews comfortable with using the internet have taken to confessing or apologizing for their sins or shortcom- ings on an online site, AtoneNet.com. Submitters...…
…spirit torah portion Life: A Treasured Legacy F Parshat Vayelekh: Deuteronomy 31:1- 30; Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27. (Shabbat Shuva) or the first time since he came to America nearly 70 years ago, my 98-year-old grandfather, Wolf Gruca, spoke to a group of adults about his life before, during and after the Shoah of World War II: “I was the youngest in the house [in Poland],” Grandpa told them in his heavily-accented English...…
…eretz SCAN THIS PAGE FOR THE TEXT OF THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS Historic Peace Pact PHOTOS BY CIA Camp David Accords led to Egyptian-Israeli peace. DON COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER N ext March 26 will mark 40 years since Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat signed a peace treaty on the White House lawn. U.S President Jimmy Carter hosted the ceremony and signed as a witness. But the ceremony likely wouldn’...…
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…on the go continued from page 47 YIDDISH KOL NIDRE 7:30-9:30 pm, Sept. 18. West Bloomfield- based Sholem Aleichem Institute presents a secular and musical assembly, utilizing the Yiddish language as well as English. The group will reconvene for Yom Kippur at 10 am, Sept. 19. At Steinway Piano Gallery, 2700 E. West Maple, Commerce Twp. Free, but donations are welcome. Info: epow- ers1031@hotmail.com or 248-865-0117. YOM KIPPUR ON EAST SIDE 8...…
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…contents Sept. 6-12, 2018 / 26 Elul 5778- 3 Tishrei 5779 | VOLUME CLIV, ISSUE 6 62 Download Th e Blippar App! Scan page to watch how-to Blippar video Online exclusive: • Weekly Movie Review SHABBAT & HOLIDAY LIGHTS Shabbat starts: Friday, Sept. 7, 7:38 p.m. Shabbat ends: Saturday, Sept. 8, 8:38 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah: Sunday, Sept. 9, 7:35 p.m. Rosh Hashanah 2: Monday, Sept. 10, 8:34 p.m. Shabbat starts: Friday, Sept. 14, 7:26 p.m. S...…
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…views high holiday greeting publisher’s notebook Federation: Coming Together To Strengthen Community continued from page 5 T Beverly B. Liss President, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Scott Kaufman, CEO, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Alan Jay Kaufman President, United Jewish Foundation hroughout our history, the Jewish people have proven to be extraordi- narily resilient, often in the face of extraordinary challe...…
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…views essay guest column Remember The 6 Million Rosh Hashanah Greetings W T e are in the holy month of Tishrei. It includes Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. On Rosh Hashanah, HaShem (God) writes in the Book of Life for the coming year: Who should live? Who should die? Who by fire? Who by water? Who by hunger? Yom Kippur is the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar. We go to shul to pray. We stay there a whole day dressed in a whit...…
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…Rosh Hashanah a reflection by Dr. Stephen Goldman SCAN PAGE TO READ A SHORT STORY BY GOLDMAN FROM A 1989 JN. With A Terminal Illness, What Do You Pray For This Yontef? L’shanah haba’ah b’Yerushalyim! T hese words end the final clos- ing s service every Yom Kippur. Our fasting (maybe) and pray- ing are fini finished. We have just com- pleted 10 of o the most important days on our cale calendar. We do this, hope- fully, every year. Each ye...…
…! petite essays The following five essays are companions to Stephen Goldman’s eloquent piece on facing the new year with a terminal diagnosis. All five writers have a connection to the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. Their topic: Mortality. Al Chet. Listed alphabetically in Hebrew, it contains a litany of major and minor transgressions between people and between people and God. They cover every topic imaginable, from lewdness to disr...…
…Rosh Hashanah continued from page 13 petite essays In other words, what do we really want forgiveness from? For the sin of pushing You away when I need you the most. And for the sin of thinking that you have abandoned me. For the sin of not looking in my partner’s eyes and telling that person how much I love him or her. And for the sin of not reaching out for my partner’s hand. For the sin of missing the beauty of the world and the unive...…
… PHYLLIS SCHWARTZ DAVID M. TECHNER Facing Mortality With Love Aiding Families At Death I am 13 years old, excluded from the details of my beloved father’s death, burial and shivah. Early on, I learned the certainty of mortality. As a social worker at Jewish Family Service for more than 20 years and now as I volunteer at Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, I learn from our patients as they move from independence to depen- dence, with re...…
…Rosh Hashanah L’Shanah Tovah The JN invited local rabbis to share a holiday message with the community. Turning & Returning T Rabbi Aura Ahuvia 16 his summer, for the first time in my life, I was arrested. I participated in the Poor People’s Campaign, six weeks of marches in Lansing and across America to bring attention to social and political issues. Thanks to the efforts of Rabbi Alana Alpert, among oth- ers, several clergy and activi...…
…Jewish Contributions to Humanity # in a series The Holiday Of Belonging M y rebbe, Rav Ahron Soloveichik, of blessed memory, used to call Rosh Hashanah the holiday of belonging. It is the holiday when all Jews can feel they are an important part of a people chosen by God to carry out the holy, ethical and moral mission of the Torah. So, we go into Yom Kippur, with its awe- some questions of “who will live, who will die, who will prosper, w...…
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