This is the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
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Food Apple and Honey Pizza, Anyone?
Serves 2-4 Ingredients Dough: 1 1/3 c (173g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 2/3 c (86g) whole wheat flour 1 tsp kosher salt 1/2 tsp instant yeast 1 c (236 ml) lukewarm water Toppings: 1/4 c (50g) olive oil 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced 2 sprigs fresh thyme 6 oz (170g) sharp cheddar, shredded…
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Life The Atonement Prayers We Should All Say, In The #MeToo Era
As the Days of Awe roll around, we find ourselves repeating two traditional confession prayers — Al Chet and Ashamnu — many times throughout Selichot (penitential prayers) and Yom Kippur. What makes this year different from other years? This year, we enter the High Holiday season with the painful memories of #MeToo, fresh wounds of…
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News Trump Turns Rosh Hashanah Tradition Into Scripted Right-Wing Lovefest
Updated 3:50 p.m. President Trump’s annual pre-Rosh Hashanah phone call to Jewish groups on Thursday lasted only 20 minutes but featured four allies singing his praises to an audience far more right-wing than calls under past administrations. Similar calls under President Obama featured longer back-and-forth conversations — and sometimes tough questions from rabbis. Trump’s first…
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The Schmooze 5 Honey-Based Beauty Products To Ring In The Jewish New Year
The Jewish New Year brings with it many things — things like fall, and crunchy leaves and crisp air that provides a welcome, cooling respite from summer heat. But it also brings something particularly sweet and heavenly to mind, something that in many ways is a defining factor of the holy day. We’re talking about,…
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The Schmooze Celebs Are Getting A Rosh Hashanah Service At The Toronto International Film Festival
Will Spielberg say shacharis? Will Scarlett hear the shofar? It could happen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which opens Thursday. For the first time, the world’s biggest cinema expo – and a celebrity magnet – will feature a pop-up synagogue to accommodate Jewish festivalgoers on Rosh Hashanah. The first-ever “official High Holiday Services…
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Fast Forward French President Emmanuel Macron Attends Pre-Rosh Hashanah Ceremony
(JTA) — French President Emmanuel Macron attended a pre-Rosh Hashanah ceremony at the Great Synagogue of Paris, the first time that a sitting president has done so. Macron, who was presented with several varieties of honey as a gift in honor of the Jewish New Year, did not speak at the Tuesday evening program, since…
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Food The Only Rosh Hashanah Applesauce Cake Recipe You’ll Ever Need
SERVES 8 TO 10 The food most closely associated with Rosh Hashanah is apples dipped in honey, an autumnal gesture to shepherd in a sweet year. A lot of desserts feature apples and honey, and this super-simple cake (which requires one bowl and one cake pan) fills the bill. I like this cake so much…
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Culture From 1898 — Why Plagues And Fires Make A Good New Year
Rosh Hashanah! Thousands of poor, addled, hapless but sincerely devoted Jews stand and plead with the Master of the Universe for a good year. Surrounded by all manner of hypocrites who petition, weep and exhort alongside them — folks who strive to cut a ‘“deal” with their God. They point out how three days a…
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