For young and old, Elul, the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, is a time of reflection. Beyond the shofar-making and other standard pre-holiday events, this year, a number of synagogues and other institutions have mixed in some non-traditional programming.
Organizers attribute the explosion of innovative events in part to the generosity of this year’s Jewish calendar, which put Rosh Hashanah nearly a month after Labor Day and the start of the new school year.
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