Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Sukkot, a Jewish holiday that coincides with the autumn harvest, during which Jews erect sukkahs.
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News When colleges shut down their ‘Gaza solidarity sukkahs,’ they prompted debates over anti-Zionist Jewish observance
Jewish students, many aligned with JVP, built structures for Sukkot that also served as protests against Israel
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News ‘Gaza solidarity’ sukkahs test new campus protest rules
Schools have been quick to shut down the protests, with many pointing to new regulations introduced after the tent encampments last spring
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Looking Forward Sinwar, Sukkot and what Netanyahu needs to do now
End the war now and the remaining hostages could be home by the end of the holiday
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Opinion Building a sukkah doesn’t make sense this year in Asheville. But we can see the stars already.
Many people in Asheville are living in temporary dwellings out of necessity after Hurricane Helene
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Culture We bought the viral Amazon ‘tuchus’ boxes for Sukkot. What does that say about us?
OK, it was me. I bought them. But I wasn’t the only one
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Fast Forward UK group urges families to ‘save a seat in the sukkah’ for hostages in Gaza, in a new take on a Jewish tradition
The initiative riffs on “ushpizin,” the practice of inviting symbolic guests to the temporary huts built for the Sukkot holiday
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Culture The urban sukkah: In NYC, they’re on rooftops, terraces, sidewalks and more
No backyard? No problem! City-dwellers build huts for Sukkot wherever they can
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News Israelis are decorating their first sukkahs since Oct. 7 with symbols of the crisis since
Pictures of the hostages and the color yellow are frequent displays in the temporary booths for the for Sukkot holiday
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