Dozens of Jews and non-Jews alike gathered at the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center on Sunday to ring in the Jewish new year. Guests to the observance would be forgiven for not being able to recite the Hebrew prayers, but declining the food wasn’t as much an option.

For Jews seeking a brief but potentially impactful way to celebrate the end of the first day of year 5779, a Rosh Hashana “slacker service” will last just 15 minutes and include stops at the Bloomingdale Trail and Humboldt Park lagoon.

More than a dozen rabbis serving Jewish communities around the Caribbean converged in Montego Bay for a 36-hour conference hosted by the Chabad Centre of Montego Bay.

“The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement, as it relates to our precious Land of Israel, is not our most pressing problem” on campus, claimed Mrs. Slonim. She noted that at orientation meetings with parents before the start of the academic year at Binghamton, parents were often disproportionately worried about BDS.

With just a few days before the onset of the Jewish New Year, the question of where to attend services is high on the list for many Jewish families and singles. Recognizing the often high price tag attached to the experience, the Chabad House in Milford, is offering their friendly and welcoming services for free for individuals of all ages.

Shabbat 100 recently held for the first time an outdoor Shabbat dinner under the stars on a patio at the North Point /Jones Day building in downtown Cleveland. More than 90 young Jewish adults attended.

With Rosh Hashana less than a week away, Chabad-Lubavitch of Southern Minnesota is offering its “user-friendly services” free of charge for individuals of all ages wishing to celebrate the High Holidays.

Lubavitch of Yardley is offering a Rosh Hashanah ceremony to the community Monday in the borough.
“Shofar on Lake Afton” is open to all and will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. next to The Old Library at Lake Afton.

Harley Finkelstein, the chief operating officer of Ottawa e-commerce giant Shopify, knows all about paying it forward. It’s in that supportive spirit that Finkelstein has given back in another way: to the Ottawa Jewish community that’s been so good to him over the years.

The High Holidays were fast approaching, and Chabad of Fairmount needed a venue to host its growing congregation. Sputz had called more than half a dozen local institutions, pleading for help. No luck.

Amid their busy schedules, Jewish students all over Ohio University are getting ready to celebrate one of their holiest holidays, the Jewish New Year known as Rosh Hashanah.

Avi Davidson, a student at the University of South Florida in Tampa, overcame injuries that left him in a wheelchair and cost him his arm to open his first photo exhibition on campus on Sept. 4. The showing, To Bear Witness, documents his experiences visiting Poland, including the concentration camps of Majdanek and Auschwitz.