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The high challah days
Tips for Rosh Hashanah By Tina Wasserman By now you have started to make a list of menu items for your Rosh Hashanah dinner, or you are perusing recipes to

A Southern classic for alucky New Year
Chef Judi Leib shares her love of cooking through recipes on her Whisk in the Southern website. Here she adapts a Southern favorite for the secular New Year with kosher-friendly

Dallas Jewish Homeschoolers build ties
By Deb Silverthorn Community is everything. For the families creating the Dallas Jewish Homeschoolers (DJH) group, that means playtime at the park, holiday programming and an exchange among the parents

7 sweet facts about Rosh Hashanah you may not know
By Leah KadoshThis story originally appeared on Kveller. Shanah Tovah, happy, healthy New Year! The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, is nearly here. I can tell this coming year is

Bennett grateful after ‘miraculous’ heart transplant
By Michael Sudhalter Scott Bennett wakes up every morning listening to the prayer, Modeh Ani, which translates to “I give thanks.” He originally learned it as a teenager during Greene
Texas’ fight against antisemitism continues
By Kenny Goldberg This weekend, Jewish communities across Texas and around the world will celebrate the start of a new year in the Jewish calendar. This is a season to
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Understanding Rosh Hashanah
By Rabbi Dan Lewin Before entering a special and sacred day in the Jewish calendar, it’s crucial to understand its essential ideas and what we aim to derive from it.
10 questions to ask yourself
By Laura Seymour Dear Families, We have just a short time until the holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins, which means lots of preparations — what to wear, what to make
Rosh Hashanah shofar thoughts
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi Fried, What should I be thinking about when I hear the shofar on Rosh Hashanah? It seems like there should be more focus
Recipes

Preserve Passover tradition but lighten the load
By Sarah Ogince (JNS) Growing up in Morocco, Levana Kirschenbaum felt Passover approaching weeks in advance. It wasn’t a good feeling. “My mother was completely obsessed and paranoid about the

Passover guidelines for the novice
By Tina Wasserman Looking over all of my Passover articles, I realized that so many of the recipes were included for the experienced Seder organizer (namely Bubbie or Mom) and

Wisdom from the Passover kitchen
Getting the kids involved By Naomi Ross (JNS) Folding chairs lined the hallway wall like dutiful soldiers in expectation of arriving guests. Unfamiliar, dusty boxes of pots and china were