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Rosh Hashanah Celebrated Virtually

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 By Jessica Stevens

 

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, has been celebrated by many Jewish congregations online. Rosh Hashanah is a time where Jews and non-Jews can come together as a community beyond tribes. This two-day holiday gives those who practice it a time to reflect on their lives and gather with family and friends. The holiday starts with the blowing of a ram’s horn to signal that the new year has arrived. In 2020 coming together might be difficult for some, but thanks to the help of livestreaming, Rosh Hashanah services will continue.

 

Am Shalom of Glencoe streamed the celebration. Rabbi Steven Lowenstein of Am Shalom is no stranger to livestreaming services, Am Shalom has been broadcasting their worship for nearly nine years. What started as a single camera outreach to people who were sick or couldn’t come to service has evolved into an eight-camera production. Am Shalom has also delivered gift boxes with all the supplies they needed to celebrate the High Holidays to their members, such as two prayer books, one for Rosh Hashanah and another for Yom Kippur, celebrated on September 27th.

 

The Joliet Jewish Congregation celebrated the two-day holiday in-person but celebrated Tashlich, an atonement ritual, over Zoom. If members of the congregation wished to attend the services in-person they had to call the synagogue to make arrangements in order to maintain social distancing guidelines. The Joliet Jewish Congregation also had a Zoom live stream for those who felt safest celebrating at home.

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