After ‘Weather Bomb’ Topples Sukkahs, Community Helps Out
Throughout this Sukkot, lulavs were shaken but so, too, were sukkahs — many to their makeshift foundations, by a record-setting storm classified as a...
Main Line Reform Temple Brings Sukkot in the Sukkah-Mobile
There’s nothing like last week’s pounding rain and 50 mph winds to remind sukkah-dwellers of the impermanence of the sukkah as a symbol.
Still, when...
Center City Kehillah Expands Number of Sukkahs in Public Parks
The Center City Kehillah has built a sukkah at Julian Abele Park in Graduate Hospital for the last several years, but this year the...
Synagogue Constructs Large Inflatable Whale for Yom Kippur
The reading of the Book of Jonah is customary for Yom Kippur, but one synagogue is going a step further.
Beth David Reform Congregation in...
WRTI 90.1 Marks the High Holidays With Special Programming
By WRTI Staff
WRTI 90.1 is marking the Days of Awe with special programming.
Throughout the 10-day holiday season on WRTI, listeners will hear a variety...
Where to Find Free Rosh Hashanah Services
Looking to celebrate Rosh Hashanah on a budget? Well, you’re in luck as there are shuls throughout Greater Philadelphia offering various kinds of free...
Congregation Rodeph Shalom Abuzz With Rooftop Bees
While most people head to a supermarket for their Rosh Hashanah honey, one congregation in Philadelphia goes directly to the source.
The rooftop of Congregation...
Matchmakers Advise on How to Find ‘the One’
Drew Seid and Rachel Waxman were walking down the street last year when he got down on one knee to propose (pictured at right)....
Torah Study a World Blessing
Rabbi Howard Alpert
Lag B’Omer and Parshat Behar
May 23 is Lag B’Omer — the 33rd day of the counting of the omer.
Marking the occasion, bonfires...
Finding Spiritual Meaning as Passover Ends
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Passover
The Pesach seder remains the most observed Jewish festival home gathering to this day.
Whether you observe one or two sedarim, the...