2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (351+ words) By Liz Nederlander Coden and Hannah Cohen in La Jolla, California As we prepare to welcome Rosh Hashanah and the year 5787, we find ourselves doing what this season invites us to do: looking back with gratitude and looking ahead with…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (415+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Not melody, nor art of silver flute, A primal cry where human tongues are mute. Tekiah rings—a sudden, piercing dawn, The slumber from the weary spirit drawn. A solitary…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (794+ words) By Heidi Gantwerk in San Diego My first year in San Diego, I walked into Rosh Hashanah services – at the Del Mar Racetrack, of all places – and felt totally alone. The tunes and prayers were familiar, but the faces were…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (234+ words) By Jené Verchick, Ph.D., in Los Angeles Every year at this season we talk about teshuvah, our return. We usually picture it as something between a person and God. We think about the ways we have missed the mark,…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (317+ words) By Cailin Acosta in La Mesa, California American Jewish Committee San Diego reports that AJC Regional Director Sara E. Brown, PhD, and Board member Jeff Schindler, along with other members of the San Diego Jewish community, attended the Rosh Hashanah Proclamation…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (517+ words) By Cailin Acosta in San Diego As Rosh Hashanah approaches, a recent High Holiday “Torah and Tea” class taught by Rebbetzin Chaya Andrusier at Chabad of East County, encouraged participants to look beyond the familiar traditions of the holiday and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (230+ words) Erev Rosh Hashanah falls on Friday, September 11, which is an emotional day for all Americans. The 9/11 story is the account of four coordinated terrorist hijackings by 19 al‑Qaeda militants on September 11, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people and targeted two buildings of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (316+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California When Britain asked for bids on a tunnel under the Channel, Cohen and O’Brian named a price no respectable firm would sign. A civil servant found them in a building…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (555+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D., in El Cajon, California As we get closer to the High Holidays, a time of reflection, renewal, devoted to prayer and forgiveness, I find myself thinking about what it means to really look at ourselves. We…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (793+ words) By Cailin Acosta in San Diego The class began with a creative exercise: participants selected two pictures that represented how they were feeling emotionally. Rather than simply describing their feelings, they were encouraged to meditate on the images and consider…...