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High Holy Days, High Holy Days Rituals

The following is a guest blog post by Dina Mann, National Marketing and Outreach Coordinator for Reboot, an...

Chosen Eats: Rosh Hashanah Recipe – Pomegranate Ice Cream

High Holy Days Recipes, Recipes, Vegetarian

Recipe by Mari Levine There’s nothing sweeter than fresh pomegranate ice cream. If you’ve ever cracked...

Dessert, High Holy Days Recipes, Recipes, Shavuot

Chosen Eats: Rosh Hashanah Recipe – Eggplant Fritters with Honey

By Mari Levine

Recipe by Mari Levine All it takes is 6 ingredients to make great eggplant fritters! Brisket, kugel and challah...

At the Crossroads: A Yom Kippur Wedding

By Andi Rosenthal

The rabbis of the Talmud held that when a wedding and a funeral meet at a crossroads, the wedding always has...

High Holy Days

Guide: Celebrating High Holy Days with Kids and Family: Public Schools and the High Holy Days

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Public Schools and the High Holy Days One of the High Holy Days decisions...

Cut fresh pomegranates and seeds on a table alongside apples and a honey jar.

Turtle Rock, Sammy Spider, and the Word: High Holiday Books for Kids

By Josh Bob

Like clockwork, fall arrives in New England each year, bringing with it beautiful foliage, a dramatic drop in...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days Rituals, Rosh Hashanah

Getting Comfortable With The High Holidays

By Nina Amir Lacey

As summer ends, the time to begin preparing for the High Holidays begins. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year,...

High Holy Days

Video: Hear the Shofar

By Benjamin Maron

For many people, the shofar blasts are the highlight of the Rosh Hashanah synagogue services. Similar to fireworks...

Our Feelings About the High Holy Days Rub Off on Our Children

By Edmund Case

My earliest High Holy Day memory goes back to about age seven. It was the night before Yom Kippur and my parents...

Apples cut in half and a jar of honey sitting on a table.

Highs and Lows: Jewish Holidays from the Sidelines

By Birger Stamperdahl

Jewish holidays can be the greatest—as well as the hardest—aspect of being part of an interfaith family. My...

High Holy Days, Marriage, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Rosh Hashanah, Parenting Stories, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Bagel and Cheese Strata

High Holy Days Recipes, Recipes

I like to prepare for break-fast ahead of time. This quick and easy bagel and cheese strata winner is prepared...

Cheese Fingers

These zippy “fingers” will appeal to anyone who loves blue cheese. This is another recipe that can...

High Holy Days Recipes

Jewish Apple Cake

This seems to be the recipe that I receive the most requests for. I once had a call from India from a student...

High Holy Days Recipes

Eileen’s Fabulous Noodle Kugel

High Holy Days Recipes, Recipes, Vegetarian

I have never been a big lover of pasta/noodles or kugels, until I tasted this one. It was addiction at first...

Apples and Chocolate

By Enid Weiss

The year my oldest daughter turned 4 was a pivotal one for our family–it was our first time celebrating...

Rosh Hashanah Party for the New Year

By Jane Larkin

This year my family will celebrate Rosh Hashanah in the same way we have for the past four years since moving...

Jewish Holidays, Relationships

A Distillation of Life: “Reflections on Our First High Holidays”

By Elisha Aharon

630 This, the High Holidays, is how it was when we first kissed. It is! Surely you know how it was, then:...

Fasting on Yom Kippur: All You Need to Know

High Holy Days, High Holy Days Rituals, Jewish Holidays, Yom Kippur

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Guide to the High Holy Days: Symbols and Rituals Fasting on Yom Kippur One...

Keep the Faith; Share the Food

By Ilene Springer

Dawn Kepler from Oakland, California, has run informational and support groups for interfaith couples for years....

Food, High Holy Days

The Sixth Yom Kippur Commandment