This is the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
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Food High Holiday Fare From NY to LA
It’s not too soon to start planning your Rosh Hashanah menu. We’re kicking off our coverage with just a few of the places around the U.S. offering holiday treats to go. Rosh Offerings From Breads Bakery Holiday challahs are the stars at Breads Bakery in New York City, which features raisin challah, marzipan with hazelnuts…
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Opinion What To Do When a Rosh Hashanah Prayer Is Triggering For You: Walk Out.
On Rosh Hashanah it is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed. So begins the poem “Unetaneh Tokef,” which is recited on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I have always struggled with this poem. The very literal translation speaks to an intervening God, one who is ready to stand in judgement and hand down…
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Food How About Them Star-of-David Imprinted Apples?
If you’re looking to add some flair to your Rosh Hashanah table, these apples, which are imprinted with Stars of David and Rosh Hashanah greetings, might do the trick. Fun to Eat Fruit, a company specializing in imprinted fruits, is selling the holiday-themed apples in time for the Jewish New Year, when Jews traditionally dip…
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Fast Forward Gay Jews Celebrate ‘High Homo Days’ — With Eye on Marriage
(JTA) — It was nearly midnight Saturday, and Jayson Littman was milling about an upscale Manhattan nightclub greeting friends with a wide smile and often a big hug. Standing alongside a “shot boy” — clad only in underwear, a kippah and Star of David necklace — he offered partygoers shots of Manischewitz in plastic cups….
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The Schmooze A Jew’s Guide to Repentance
On the latest episode of , a public radio show and podcast, host Krista Tippett and Jewish ethicist Louis Newman talk repentance, reflection and learning to confront our sins head on.
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Recipes Grandma’s Brisket and Tzimmes, Paired With Cape Merlot
Simon Back of Backsberg Wines & Estates in Paarl, South Africa, recommends drinking the winery’s kosher pinotage with his grandmother’s brisket recipe below. Related Story Serves 6 5 large carrots 5 medium white potatoes 5 medium sweet potatoes 3 pounds beef brisket 1 tablespoon salt ½ cup sugar (more if desired) 1 whole onion, optional…
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Food Beekeeping Is Honey of a Hobby for New Jersey Rabbi
When Rabbi Danny Senter ambles into the backyard of his Teaneck, New Jersey, home he comes face to face with thousands of buzzing bees. And that’s just the way he likes it. The hobbyist beekeeper maintains a collection of 20 beehives between the four he keeps in his backyard and those he maintains for others…
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Life Sarah and Hagar’s ‘Bad Blood’ Is Feminism Gone Awry
The Days of Awe are rich in opportunity for Jewish feminists who see themselves as activists for transformation, both personal and collective. It is striking, even ironic, that on the first day of Rosh Hashana we read the story of a catastrophic feminist failure. Sarah and Hagar are rival wives; one has what the other…
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