Succot, like perfect sweet and sour cabbage soup, has two flavors. A single holiday with two themes. We celebrate the bounty of the grape and olive harvest in the Promised Land; also...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The scene is familiar to us all. Women of the Wall come to the Kotel to worship in the shadow of the Temple Mount. Haredi Orthodox worshippers respond by disrupting their prayers, sometimes pelting...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. authorities released travel guidelines for Succot.
“TSA’s screening procedures do not prohibit the carrying of the four plants used during Succot — a palm branch, myrtle twigs, willow twigs, and a citron — in airports, through...
BOSTON (JTA) — A giant googly-eyed fish, mischievous magicians and succah-eating squirrels are among the characters in a crop of engaging Jewish children’s books that relate to the observance or themes of the Jewish High Holidays. Here’s a...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In open opposition to Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), which tells us on Succot “there is nothing new under the sun,” I decided to build a solar succah this fall. To energize my plan, I...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Succot is a wonderful time of year to incorporate seasonal ingredients into your cooking. One of my most important rules for cooking and eating is to use what is best and freshest in...
Memory is a primary motivator for teshuvah (repentance), but all too often unfortunately it is the memory of God which plays the dominant role. God as the being with an infinite and infallible memory, remembers and...
NEW YORK (JTA) — From wars and elections to scandals and triumphs, JTA and the Crescent City Jewish News take a look back at the highlights of the Jewish year 5773.
(JTNews) — I have a bush outside of my house that blooms brilliant flowers each spring. With those flowers come honeybees. Lots and lots of bees. When the bush starts growing out of control and I have...
