In the early 1990s, Joshua Goldstein's parents sent him and his sisters to Camp Young Judaea Midwest in Waupaca, Wisc. They came from a small town in Michigan where they were among the only Jews.

Rosh Hashanah, a holiday that celebrates the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset on Monday, Sept. 22. It’s one of the holiest holidays for Jewish people around the world and translates from Hebrew to ...