"If you happen to find yourself in Anchorage, Alaska or Windhoek, Namibia, over Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur this year," theorizes correspondent Michael Freund, "and you need a place to pray, a new website may just be able to provide the answer."
Freund is referring to The Global High Holiday Events Search Engine, a project of the Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, contains dozens of listings around the world for High Holiday services that are free and open to the public.
The site is sponsored by New York investor and philanthropist George Rohr, who said, "We want to make sure that as many Jews as possible have access to High Holiday services, no matter where they are, no matter their financial means and no matter their background."
From exotic locales such as Angola, China, Eritrea and Uruguay, to more conventional locations throughout North America and Europe, the site also provides a wealth of other information on the holidays. It includes excerpts from the prayer services, Bible readings, and stories for children, as well as an explanation of various aspects of the Days of Awe, including over 35 different reasons why the shofar is sounded on Rosh HaShanah.
"It became clear to us that the easiest way to help these people who don't have a community or synagogue of their own is to make the information available to them on the Internet," Rabbi Meir Simcha Kogan, the website's project manager and chief architect, told Freund. "Innovation will always be at the heart of what we do."
**** Arutz-7 wishes its readers a happy and healthy Jewish New Year of 5765, in which we pray and hope to see the Nation of Israel overcome all difficulties, retain in entirety its legacy of Torah, Land and Nation, and emerge all the stronger from the many challenges we face. Our next news report will be on Sunday, Sept. 19.
Freund is referring to The Global High Holiday Events Search Engine, a project of the Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, contains dozens of listings around the world for High Holiday services that are free and open to the public.
The site is sponsored by New York investor and philanthropist George Rohr, who said, "We want to make sure that as many Jews as possible have access to High Holiday services, no matter where they are, no matter their financial means and no matter their background."
From exotic locales such as Angola, China, Eritrea and Uruguay, to more conventional locations throughout North America and Europe, the site also provides a wealth of other information on the holidays. It includes excerpts from the prayer services, Bible readings, and stories for children, as well as an explanation of various aspects of the Days of Awe, including over 35 different reasons why the shofar is sounded on Rosh HaShanah.
"It became clear to us that the easiest way to help these people who don't have a community or synagogue of their own is to make the information available to them on the Internet," Rabbi Meir Simcha Kogan, the website's project manager and chief architect, told Freund. "Innovation will always be at the heart of what we do."
**** Arutz-7 wishes its readers a happy and healthy Jewish New Year of 5765, in which we pray and hope to see the Nation of Israel overcome all difficulties, retain in entirety its legacy of Torah, Land and Nation, and emerge all the stronger from the many challenges we face. Our next news report will be on Sunday, Sept. 19.