Merrick Fagan is a bass player and bartender, not a rabbi, but during the High Holy Days, he is entrusted with a sacred, God-ordained task. At Rosh Hashanah morning services, he blows a hollowed-out ...
In this ocean-battered town, where houses sometimes slip into the waves, Hilary Graf can see the wrath of Neptune from a front-row seat. Out her front door, the Outer Banks wash away like chalk on the ...
(THE CONVERSATION) It’s the Jewish High Holiday season, and Jews the world over are preparing to visit their local synagogues – for community, for prayer, and to hear the arresting, soulful sounds of ...
Speak to the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first of the month, it shall be a Sabbath for you, a remembrance of [Israel through] the shofar blast a holy occasion. Why are we ...
The freedoms for people outlined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition — are interconnected and foundational to democratic society, personal ...