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Mishkan Chicago puts an interactive spin on High Holiday rituals

by Josh Flanders

Sing-along Selichot and shofar pop-ups: how a "radically inclusive" Jewish community celebrates in a pandemic. As a child, the High Holidays"Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement)"were marked with reluctant trips to our family synagogue where the tone was somber and reflective. The gloomy music was as uncomfortable as the blue blazer I reserved only for …

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 9:30am on September 10, 2020