Thursday, April 25th 2024 |
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 CHABAD LUBAVITCH (Uptown) – Succot under the Stars 7:30 p.m. CHABAD CENTER OF METAIRE – Candle lighting 6:45 p.m.; Program 7:30 p.m. CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD – Candle Lighting 6:44 p.m. CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL – Mincha/Maariv services at 6:00 p.m. CONGREGATION GATES OF PRAYER – Succot program at 7:00 p.m. HILLEL AT TULANE – Shakshukah in the sukkah at 7:00 p.m. NORTHSHORE JEWISH CONGREGATION – Succot barbeque dinner...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
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 we commemorate 40 hungry years of wanderings in that huge sand pile – the Sinai Peninsula – a garden that can only grow rocks.
The Chumash commands us to relive...
By MOSHE SIMON-SHOSHAN
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 them with eggs and other objects.
Underlying these clashes are distinctly modern issues — the conflict between liberal and traditionalist Jewish movements and the proper place of religion in the...
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 or security checkpoints, or on airplanes,” the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement, noting the dates of this year’s Succot holiday, Sept. 18 to 25.
The TSA notice said,...
By PENNY SCHWARTZ
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 rundown of the books:
Oh No, Jonah! Tilda Balsley, illustrations by Jago Kar-Ben, $17.95 hardcover; $7.95 paperback; $13.95 eBook Ages 5-10
The story of Jonah read in the synagogue on...
By EDMON J. RODMAN
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 went to the 99 Cent Store to buy some solar yard lights to adapt for use on the roof.
However, while driving home and accessing the construction work required for...
By HELEN NASH
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 the market — fish, vegetables, fruit and meat. The better your ingredients, the better your results.
Beets, cabbage and squash are vegetables that are especially delicious at this time of...
By RABBI DONNIEL HARTMAN
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 recounts all of our actions. God is the Judge in front of whom nothing is hidden or forgotten. Such a God instills fear that on the Day of Judgment, the...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The rabbi of the Western Wall called on the world to condemn riots by Muslims on the Temple Mount during Rosh Hashanah.
Palestinians threw rocks at police and at Jewish worshipers on Friday on the Temple Mount, the holiest site for Jews, following Muslim prayer services at the Al-Aksa Mosque there, as well as at sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. Some 15 rioters were arrested.
...By JTA STAFF and the CCJN STAFF
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.
September 2012
The New Orleans Jewish community is still reeling from the slow-moving minimal strength Hurricane Issac that tested the electric grid and plunged most of the area into darkness in late...
