On Judaism and Islam

Sep 9, 2010 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Rosh Hashanah

Jews have prepared for the High Holiday season of repentance and renewal in 2010 with Muslims very much on our minds. 

A Call for Hope

Sep 10, 2011 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Rosh Hashanah

In the face of a litany of personal, societal, and global woes that has seemed particularly long this year; in the face of our nation’s inability to shake the economy loose or defeat our enemies or work together despite our differences, the Jewish calendar insists there is something new in store—or that there can be, if we together do as the Torah commands.

The Fiction of Teshuvah

Nov 20, 2012

Does anyone ever really change their ways? Can we become “someone new”? Is teshuvah really possible, or is it just fiction? Best-selling authors Susan Isaacs and Linda Fairstein as they discuss this topic through the characters in their books.

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord took note of Sarah as He had promised, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. 

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Jan 1, 1980

¹ Some time afterward, God put Abraham to the test. He said to him, “Abraham,” and he answered, “Here I am.” 

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

¹ There was a man from Ramathaim of the Zuphites, in the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Jan 1, 1980

² Thus said the Lord:
The people escaped from the sword,
Found favor in the wilderness;
When Israel was marching homeward

Topics in Talmud: The High Holidays

Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur