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A year of learning Torah through food
It’s the end of summer 2014. Rosh Hashanah is approaching, and with it the finale of the seven-year shmita cycle, a time when agricultural land lies fallow in Israel, perennials are harvested, and debts are forgiven.
Get kids into the High Holy Days spirit with these new books
Of the new children’s books of Jewish interest out this fall, many incorporate themes that go beyond High Holy Days fare.
Fresh takes on classic entrees and dessert for the High Holy Days
Celebrated close together, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are known as the High Holy Days, but each offers its own special food customs.
Honey isn’t vegan: Cruelty-free Rosh Hashanah
When Madeline Karpel was growing up in Westwood in the 1950s, her Russian immigrant grandmother spent days preparing the family’s erev Rosh Hashanah dinner: chopped liver, matzah ball soup, brisket and, of course, apples to be dipped in honey.
High Holy Days: Dreams as sweet as honey
With nothing but shrubbery and fractures of light, the fierce Mojave Desert may seem to lack the abundance needed to sustain a hive of bees, yet it still manages to produce some of the best honey in California.
Pomegranates: Deep-seeded connections
When we think about special foods to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, apples and honey always seem to top the menu. But where among the new year’s daily specials do we place that seedy, sweet red ball of antioxidants — the pomegranate?\n
Israeli rabbinical group to host 55,000 secular Jews for holiday services
The Tzohar rabbinical organization will host more than 55,000 people at 295 locations throughout Israel for Yom Kippur services.
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