{"id":1144,"date":"2011-10-07T13:46:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T17:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2011-10-07T13:48:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T17:48:48","slug":"fun-friday-finding-new-angles-for-the-jewish-high-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/10\/fun-friday-finding-new-angles-for-the-jewish-high-holidays.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Finding New Angles for the Jewish High Holy Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For longtime religion reporters, it&#8217;s a challenge to come up with fresh ideas for the same holidays each year, especially for smaller groups like Judaism (depending on where you live). In a pinch, there are a few go-to angles that can give these stories a twist: &#8220;food,&#8221; &#8220;interfaith,&#8221; &#8220;gay,&#8221; &#8220;converts,&#8221; &#8220;technology,&#8221; &#8220;military,&#8221; etc.\u00a0&#8212; but even those can get repetitive if you&#8217;re not careful!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the more interesting stories I&#8217;ve seen for Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur &amp; Sukkot this year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/10\/03\/3089658\/in-iceland-tiny-jewish-community-celebrates-rosh-hashanah-new-beginnings#When:09:18:00Z\" target=\"_blank\">In Iceland, tiny Jewish community celebrates new beginnings <\/a>(JTA)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.jta.org\/archive\/article\/2011\/10\/06\/3089748\/koufax-esque-dilemmas-on-yom-kippur-eve#When:00:28:01Z\" target=\"_blank\">Koufax-esque dilemmas on Yom Kippur Eve<\/a> (JTA)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/07\/us\/palm-fronds-harder-to-find-for-sukkot.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday Near, Time Again to Track Down Perfect Fronds <\/a>(NYT)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/archive\/atheologies\/5222\/yom_kippur_prayers_for_corporate_atonement_at_occupy_wall_st._\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yom Kippur Prayers for Corporate Atonement at Occupy Wall St.<\/a> (Religion Dispatches)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/10\/07\/yom-kippur-jewish-muslim_n_998953.html?1318005380&amp;ref=fb&amp;src=sp&amp;comm_ref=false#sb=1689304,b=facebook\" target=\"_blank\">Yom Kippur Helps Muslim Woman Rediscover Her Jewish Roots <\/a>(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And for a bit more fun, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\/tags\/Atone+Phone\" target=\"_blank\">The Colbert Report&#8217;s\u00a0annual &#8220;Atone-Phone&#8221; hotline <\/a>&#8211; 1-888-OOPS-JEW &#8211; for Jews who wish to apologize for having wronged Stephen Colbert this year.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Any others I should add to this list? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For longtime religion reporters, it&#8217;s a challenge to come up with fresh ideas for the same holidays each year, especially for smaller groups like Judaism (depending on where you live). 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