A NYC exhibit explores the etrog’s journey around the Jewish world
"Etrog: The Wandering Fruit" is now on view at the Bernard Museum of Judaica, located inside Temple Emanu-El on the Upper East Side
"Etrog: The Wandering Fruit" is now on view at the Bernard Museum of Judaica, located inside Temple Emanu-El on the Upper East Side
Color and size are rarely the determining factors
Shaking a lulav, finding the most fragrant etrog, eating outside with no patriarchal judgment — what's not to love?
Rabbinical authorities have long debated the authenticity of Asian etrogs — even though the fruit originated in southwest China
Two films at the New York Jewish Film festival flout the usual dark depictions of Hasidism
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When my wife first came home with an etrog, I was enchanted and aghast. This was before we were married, when we were just beginning to celebrate the cycle of Jewish holidays together. I knew that to observe the holiday of Sukkot, Jews traditionally constructed makeshifts huts, and performed a ritual waving tree fronds while…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — There was a hard deadline to meet and the job involved delicate international negotiations, but the Trump administration’s top Middle East envoy got on the job. Thanks to Avi Berkowitz, Sukkot was was saved for tens of thousands of New York area Jews. Fox News reported Wednesday that Berkowitz led a successful…
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