(JTA) — Within hours of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday evening, an obscure Jewish tradition began circulating online: Someone who dies on or just before Rosh Hashanah is a righteous person.
He said: “I grew up competing with my brothers on who could finish the most amazing sandwiches from Carnegie Deli for lunch on Rosh Hashanah after synagogue. It’s a pile of Pastrami and Corned ...