This is the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
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Recipes Staying Gluten-Free During the Chagim
While those of us on a gluten-free diet may have our daily eating habits under control, the chagim (Jewish Holidays) present a whole new array of challenges. Unless you’re preparing a holiday feast in your own home where everything is under control and to your own standards, it’s often difficult to eat out — even…
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Food Rosh Hashanah: Honey Advisory
A few years ago, before beekeeping was legalized in New York, I purchased the last Brooklyn Bee honey of the season from rooftop beekeeper John Howe. In addition to showcasing a unique, hard-to-find urban honey for my family, my goal was to make a statement at the Rosh Hashanah table about the value of small-scale…
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The Schmooze Tailor Makes ‘Kosher’ Suits for Rosh Hashanah
It turns out an Indian-born tailor has a yiddishe kop when it comes to making suits for observant Jews. He has attracted many customers concerned about upholding the prohibition against wearing shatnez by making a line of suits that are certified as free of the mixture of wool and linen forbidden by the Torah. Mohan…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Rosh Hashanah Prep; Pickle Shop; New Cookbooks
If you’re never braided a round challah, it can be a bit tricky. Here’s a video to help. Haaretz The tweet that shocked the food world this week: “I’m stepping down as restaurant critic to be the national editor of The Times. #checkplease. @Samsifton A New York Whole Foods store opened a mini in-store pickle…
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The Schmooze Video: The Rosh Hashanah Rock Anthem
Remember that peculiar Kia commercial with hamsters dancing to LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem”? Not exactly an instant classic — but the Shmooze does appreciate Aish.com’s new Rosh Hashanah-themed remake of that song. With lines like “Three times a day I’m shucklin’ shucklin’, shucklin,” and “Stand up, sit down, pass the prayer books around,” the tongue-in-cheek…
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Food For Rosh Hashanah, eat these symbolic-sounding foods
There are five foods the Talmud says should be eaten for the Jewish New Year
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The Schmooze The Rosh-Hashanah Beauty Regimen
It sounded a bit like a HEEB parody: SpaMitzvah, a body-care company “Where Gorgeously Yiddish Beauty Reigns Supreme!”, issued a press release this week about a High Holidays-themed body-care line. The “homage to Rosh Hashanah,” with apples-and-honey-inspired body and bath products, “commemorate[s] the sweet treats that are enjoyed at the Jewish New Year,” the press…
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The Schmooze Shofar Flash Mob Set for September 18
Dust off those rams’ horns and keep checking your Facebook updates and Twitter feeds. There’s going to be a worldwide shofar flash mob on September 18 and you are not going to want to miss it. Art Kibbutz NYC is hosting “the greatest Shofar-blowing event since Sinai” as a massive call for teshuvah during the…
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