Beginning Monday evening, Evanston Jewish communities will celebrate the start of the High Holidays and usher in the Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah — a time of introspection and repentance...

Evanston’s Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation hosted its annual Erev Rosh Hashanah Shofar Walk Wednesday, bringing around 200 people together to celebrate the holiday. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish...

Northwestern Jewish organizations are preparing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, commonly known as the High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Oct. 2 and ends at nightfall on Oct. 4. The...

Bienen freshman Jeremy Berkun had to choose between participating in Yom Kippur services or attending class last Wednesday. In the end, he chose class.  “I would have been more observant had there...

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I remember walking down the shopping lane as a child and seeing a swarm of Christmas trees lining the streets. Trees of every size with their prefixed ornaments...