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Most Important Jewish Holidays Cheat Sheet

About the Hebrew Calendar and the Celebrated Holidays (Holy Days) Why are Jewish holidays always changing dates? Jewish...

Hanukkah, Holiday How To, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Holidays Toolbox, Passover, Purim, Religion, Rosh Hashanah, Simchat Torah, Tu Bishvat, Yom Kippur

How To Greet People During The High Holy Days

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days How to Greet People during the High Holy DaysThroughout the High...

High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

A Meditation for Yom Kippur

By Rabbi Keara Stein

This is a meditation I wrote for Yom Kippur. You can do it anywhere, alone or with loved ones. You don’t...

High Holy Days, Yom Kippur

Celebrating the High Holy Days with Kids Booklet

By 18Doors

Available in on-screen reading friendly (PDF) and printer-friendly, downloadable (PDF) versions. For more booklets,...

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

What Does My Jewish Community Say About Women?

By Anna Keller

What does my Jewish community say about women? I can’t remember. For all of my time in Yeshiva, all of my holidays...

High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting Stories, Simchat Torah, Yom Kippur

Can I Work and Still Observe Yom Kippur?

By Laura Drescher

Last year I wrote about my experience fasting for Yom Kippur for the first time. The fact that Yom Kippur fell...

Newlywed, Yom Kippur

Pumpkin Cinnamon Challah Rolls

By Erin Gleeson

Challah dough makes for great cinnamon rolls–the dough is sweet and a little chewy, yum! These little...

Dessert, High Holy Days Recipes, Recipes, Shabbat Food, Yom Kippur

This Yom Kippur, I’m Hanging on to My Sins

By Anna Keller

It’s been a long year. It seems that every year I approach Yom Kippur saying these words. And it’s always true....

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

Guide: Celebrating High Holy Days with Kids and Family: Fun and Meaningful Activities

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Fun and Meaningful Activities To whatever degree your family is planning...

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

Japanese-Style Baked Cheesecake with Fresh Berries

By Kristin Eriko Posner

Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) is coming up, during which dairy is a symbolic ingredient. In Judaism, the big holidays...

Dairy, Dessert, Jewish Holidays Food, Multicultural Food, Other Holidays Food, Shavuot, Yom Kippur

How My Interfaith Marriage Improves My Own Catholic Faith

By Laura Drescher

This Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is a season of repentance in preparing...

Jewish Catholic Relationships, Marriage, Yom Kippur

Guide: Celebrating High Holy Days with Kids and Family

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days The High Holy Days are a time for families to come together. But you...

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

High Holidays Recipes

By 18Doors

These recipes are drawn from articles that have been published on our site over the years. They are organized...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days Recipes, Recipes, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Make-Ahead Recipes for Yom Kippur

By Linda Morel

Four make-ahead recipes are below! On Yom Kippur eve, the emphasis for me is on getting to Kol Nidre services...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days Recipes, Yom Kippur

Revisiting the December Holidays

By Edmund Case

As always at the end of the year there were a lot of stories about interfaith families and the December holidays....

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Op-ed, Yom Kippur

Jewish Greetings Cheat Sheet

By 18Doors

Ever hear someone use Jewish greetings and aren’t sure what it means or how to respond? Happy and sad lifecycle...

Hanukkah, Holiday Toolbox, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Purim, Religion, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Growing Inclusivity

By Edmund Case

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission. The interfaith marriage...

Denominations, Professionals, Yom Kippur

My First Yom Kippur

By Laura Drescher

Zach and I were married on September 16! We were away having a blast on our honeymoon in Portugal, but before...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days Rituals, Newlywed, Yom Kippur

How to Rebuild on Yom Kippur

By Anna Keller

What it means to rebuild on Yom Kippur… A few weeks ago my family had a hard day. It seemed that both...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Yom Kippur

When a Major Jewish Holiday Clashes With a Major Family Wedding

By Debra Lynn Shelton

My cousin is getting married on Yom Kippur. And her dress rehearsal is on Kol Nidre. Yes, you read that right....

Extended Family, High Holy Days, Wedding Planning, Weddings, Yom Kippur

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

Guide: Planning Ahead When Celebrating High Holy Days with Kids and Family

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Planning Ahead These are good holidays to plan ahead for, especially...

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

Easing Into My First High Holy Days

By Anne Goodman

Two years ago, I joined Sam for High Holy Day Services for the first time. In preparation, he tried explaining...

High Holy Days, Relationships, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Fielding Questions about the Wedding & Our Life Together

By Alexandra Scanlon

Alexandra with her parents and fiancé The decision to get married inevitably invites inquiry. How did you meet?...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings, Yom Kippur

An Inter-Faith Yom Kippur in a Time of Weddings

By Ryan Mount

This year may have been the perfect snapshot for our inter-faith life together. As Friday settled in and the...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Yom Kippur

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