To help ensure that every Jew in St. Louis can celebrate the holiday, Chabad of Greater St. Louis is once again hosting "Shofar in the Park," a community-wide initiative that includes 30-minute Rosh Hashanah celebrations across the region.
The family-friendly...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 22, 2022
For many, brisket is the epitome of "Jewish food." In fact, last year brisket edged out bagels in our "Jewish Food March Madness" tournament.
Like many popular Jewish foods, brisket worked its way into the cuisine because of its low cost and the fact...
By ELI GOTTLIEB, JTA
• Published September 21, 2022
(JTA) — “Hey Allies: Please don’t schedule meetings or events on the Jewish holidays!” So says a meme that has circulated widely before about the dates for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah.
Seems like a pretty harmless and...
Joanna O’Leary, MyJewishLearning
• Published September 21, 2022
This September, many Jews across the United States will bring in the new year by feasting on a juicy, glistening brisket. But what led this dish to ascend as the star of the Rosh Hashanah meals in America? New Year’s brisket is a story of ingenuity,...
CANTOR MATT AXELROD, My Jewish Learning
• Published September 21, 2022
The Uneh Taneh Tokef prayer, which we recite on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is some people’s least favorite prayer in all of Jewish liturgy.
"This is the prayer that implies G-d decides who shall live and who shall die in the coming year," said...
By Buckingham Wealth Advisor John Corn, CPA, PFS, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published September 20, 2022
The High Holy Days are just around the corner. Some of my fondest childhood memories involve spending time with family, listening to the sounds of the Shofar, devouring apples dipped in honey and overloading on challah. As we get older, many of us begin...
1. Heads Up!
Surprise! Rosh Hashanah does not mean “New Year” in Hebrew. It actually means “Head of the Year.” Just like your head (brain) tells your body what to do, how you behave on Rosh Hashanah has far-reaching consequences for the...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published September 19, 2022
A young man walks into the Barsheshet & Ribak shofar factory in Tel Aviv a few weeks before Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.
It’s nearly five o’clock and the workshop is shutting soon. But Eli Ribak is staying late anyway to talk to ISRAEL21c...
This article originally appeared on The Nosher.
We asked five noted chefs and food writers what they will serve at home to mark the Jewish New Year, and (spoiler alert) they all plan to weave symbols of sweetness — hallmarks of the holiday — into...
One of the most fun, family-friendly, holidays in the Jewish calendar is just around the corner—Sukkot (starting the evening of Sunday, Oct. 9 and ending the evening of Oct. 16). But if you have ever thought of building your own sukkah, now is the time...
How many times have you heard the sermon about how, as Jews, we are commanded to remember and care for the widow, the orphan and the stranger because we were strangers in the land of Egypt?
Sometimes, the goal is to urge action: “Remember that...
