This is the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
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Food Rosh Hashanah Leftovers: Orange Challah French Toast
There are few things more wonderful for a creative cook than the challenge of figuring out how to repurpose leftovers well. Leftover roasted chicken adds protein to a spinach salad and rice from Monday can make Wednesday’s soup hearty. But thanks to the back-to-back scheduling of Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat this year, many of us…
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Life What I Learned From Making a Mauian Minyan
Last week, for the first time in my life, I was the tenth man for a minyan, so to speak. Although on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish Congregation of Maui, the Jewish Congregation of Maui had a packed house, by the second morning, the dropout rate was noticeable. So when I walked…
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Food The Mixing Bowl: Last Minute Rosh Hashanah Ideas, Jew-maican Chicken and Egg Creams
The New York Daily News reports on ‘Jew-maican’ kosher jerk chicken at a local West Indian Day Parade. The Vivacious Babushka adds a recipe for the spiced meat. Serious Eats gets recommendations and recipes from Joan Nathan, author of “Jewish Holiday Cookbook” and Arthur “The Food Maven” Schwartz, for Rosh Hashanah dinner. Edible Manhattan traces…
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Life Shofar as Midwife
There are some Jewish holidays where the feminine aspect is front and center, as on Passover, which counts women are pivotal characters and when we remember coming through “the narrow place” in our exodus and re-birth from Egypt, and Purim, whose heroine, of course, is Esther. I hadn’t thought of Rosh Hashana as one of…
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The Schmooze Casting Away Sins in Bombay
Crossposted From Under the Fig Tree There’s something about the sea that captivates. Perhaps it’s the play of light on the water’s surface or the inexorability of its motions: back and forth, back and forth, it goes. Whatever the reasons, the sea beckons. Its hold on us is even more irresistible when joined to rituals…
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Food Apples: A Guide for the Perplexed
Many Jews begin Rosh Hashanah by dipping apple into honey, to start a sweet and good year. But, which type of apples should we dip in honey? Bake into our apple cake or pie? Use to make applesauce or simply enjoy as a snack? Choosing the right type of apple for each dish essential. So…
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Recipes Cooking New Recipes for a New Year
Since arriving in California twelve months ago, I’ve tried the dry flesh of Chinese Jujubes, zest from the green and orange Yuzu lemons, ventured the tendrils of the Buddha’s hand and tried no less than 100 varieties of stone fruits. For this dedicated fruit lover, all of this is marvelous. Still this leaves me with…
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Food The Mixing Bowl: Delicious Stories from the World of Jewish Food
Joan Nathan writes from Perpignan, France, where French Jewish traditions have melded with those from North Africa, in her New York Times Rosh Hashanah article. She gives readers a taste of the region’s holiday with recipes for Semolina pastries with dates, meat stuffed vegetables and Tunisian carrot salad. Nathan will also be answering questions about…
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