Kol Nidre, the holiest of holy days. The headache begins about 11. About the time the caffeine can’t believe you didn’t have your morning coffee. Caffeine is in shock. “What’s going on?” she asks.

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish faith, is being celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Yom Kippur is the day of atonement following the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It involves followers of the ...

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Recently I attended a naming ceremony at Temple Israel for a precious daughter born to a sweet family we love. We had attended the naming ceremony of her older sister, Penelope, and were eager to be a ...

Kol Nidre: presented by Gan HaLev at 3:30 p.m. at the Redwood Grove Picnic Area at Samuel P. Taylor State Park at 8889 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Lagunitas. Yom Kippur eve: candle lighting and ...

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic B’nai Shalom congregation will observe Yom Kippur next week. All services will be conducted at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N. Barr Road. Kol Nidre ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, begins at sunset on Wednesday and continues for roughly the next 25 hours, culminating after nightfall the following day. Known in English as the ...

Beginning Monday evening, Evanston Jewish communities will celebrate the start of the High Holidays and usher in the Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah — a time of introspection and ...

CITY’S. LIFELINE RIGHT UP. COME ON, MAN, WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA BARRELED TOWARD NEW ORLEANS, CANTOR JOE COLEMAN FACED AN AGONIZING DECISION WHEN TO LEAVE. WHAT TO PACK? BECAUSE YOU HAD NO IDEA HOW ...

CITY’S. LIFELINE RIGHT UP. COME ON, MAN, WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA BARRELED TOWARD NEW ORLEANS, CANTOR JOE COLEMAN FACED AN AGONIZING DECISION WHEN TO LEAVE. WHAT TO PACK? BECAUSE YOU HAD NO IDEA HOW ...