High Holidays
September 30, 2025, 3:14 pm
Chronicle poll results: Making amends before Yom Kippur
We asked our readers if they seek to make amends or ask forgiveness before Yom Kippur. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Firefighters respond to a blaze at the Chabad of Charlotte County. (Punta Gorda Police Department)
September 25, 2025, 10:00 am
Fire at Florida Chabad center before Rosh Hashanah investigated as potential hate crime
The letter “J” was also written in spray paint in multiple places around the building.
By Grace Gilson
The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house at Syracuse University. (Google Street View)
September 25, 2025, 9:37 am
Syracuse students charged with hate crime after pork thrown into Jewish frat
“We are heartbroken and outraged by this hateful crime committed against our fraternity,” the fraternity wrote.
By Grace Gilson
September 24, 2025, 8:26 pm
Chronicle poll question
Do you seek to make amends or ask forgiveness from others before Yom Kippur?
September 22, 2025, 10:52 am
Chronicle poll results: Most meaningful aspect of the High Holidays
We asked our readers what aspect of the High Holidays they find most meaningful. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
“In the synagogue” by Jakub Weinles, (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 22, 2025, 6:56 am
I am not yet done: Yom Kippur
Early America, Germany, Ukraine: Universal thoughts
By Tim Miller
Egg casserole (Photo by Skye Estroff)
September 22, 2025, 6:47 am
It isn’t Yom Kippur break fast at my house without this egg casserole
A Southern treat
By Skye Estroff
New Light Congregation's signage (Photo by Jim Busis)
September 18, 2025, 11:05 am
Visiting scholar comes to New Light
Rabbi Iscah Waldman joins New Light for fifth consecutive year
By Emma Riva
The Musaf prayer for Rosh Hashanah in a page of the rare 15th century Lisbon Mahzor now at the National Library of Israel. (Courtesy Kedem Auction House)
September 17, 2025, 2:38 pm
Two-thirds of a 15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book were lost to history. Until now.
The Lisbon Mahzor has been reunited with its remaining third at the National Library of Israel.
By Grace Gilson
The Netflix series "Long Story Short" features a scene in a synagogue on Yom Kippur. (Courtesy Netflix)
September 17, 2025, 1:41 pm
Take it from this rabbi: You should binge-watch Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ for the High Holidays
The show’s hyper-detailed portrayal of American Judaism stands out for being loving.
By Rabbi Benjamin Resnick
September 17, 2025, 8:59 am
Chronicle poll question
What aspect of the High Holidays do you find most meaningful?
City Controller Rachael Heisler speaks at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh on April 1. She will talk at Temple Ohav Shalom during the High Holidays. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
September 16, 2025, 9:59 am
Temple Ohav Shalom welcomes Rachael Heisler for the High Holidays
“I think we need to do a better job as humans of recognizing hate and calling it when we see it,” she said.
By David Rullo
Tim Miller is a writer living in Pittsburgh. He is online at wordandsilence.com. Caravaggio’s “Sacrifice of Isaac” (Image in public domain, via Wikimedia)
September 16, 2025, 9:18 am
The beauty of imperfection
The message of Elul through Yom Kippur “is that human change is really possible."
By Tim Miller
Apples and honey are only part of the recipe for a sweet new year. (Photo by Lilachd via Pexels)
September 15, 2025, 4:18 pm
With Rosh Hashanah nearly here, rabbis tell Pittsburghers to be thoughtful, pray and make peace
Spiritual advisers share sentiments as High Holiday season arrives
By Adam Reinherz
Honeycomb pull apart challah (Photo by Jessica Grann)
September 12, 2025, 12:48 pm
Honeycomb pull apart challah
A beautiful and delicious challah for the upcoming holidays
By Jessica Grann
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