(JTA) — The Hebrew month of Elul — which leads up to Rosh Hashanah — is when I like to take stock of my previous year, and a part of me feels like I say the same thing every single time ...

Amichai Lau-Lavie, an innovative Jewish educator ... is during the weekday mornings of Elul, the month before Rosh Hashanah.

For many, this past week marked the start of a new year. That’s true for the Jewish community too, though let us create ...