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Simanim foods for Rosh Hashanah
By Rabbi Fried Yerachmiel Fried Dear Rabbi, Our kids came home from religious school this past Sunday with the traditional apples and honey for Rosh Hashanah. This is obviously a
A Rosh Hashanah surprise
I’ve received a surprise Rosh Hashanah gift: a film of my oldest granddaughter’s 10th birthday! Someone once told me that you can never go back to where you haven’t been.
Classic holiday for this year’s different Rosh Hashanah
By Tina WassermanPassover might have the four questions that are open for discussion but this Rosh Hashanah has only one, and it is rhetorical: Why is this year different from
Stand united against antisemitism
By Rabbi Andrew Bloom Seventy-nine years ago today, on Sept. 6, 1941, Nazi Germany announced that all Jews over the age of 6 living in the country and all German
Elul: month of accounting and teshuvah
By Rabbi Dan Lewin The theme of this month of Elul, often called the “month of accounting,” is teshuvah. Just like a business that requires periodic review and analysis, we
Explaining a High Holiday prayer
Dear Families,I look at all the Jewish educators out there writing on the upcoming holidays and all the rabbis working on High Holiday sermons and wonder how they come up
Columnists
Rosh Hashanah…with no synagogue
Dear Rabbi Fried,I am 80 years old, and, as long as I can remember, I have never missed a Rosh Hashanah service in synagogue. This year my wife, bless her
Farewell to a Tiferet mainstay
Today’s column is a thank-you to someone who’s done much for one of our area’s Jewish institutions without asking for any recognition. Next Monday, Jennifer Williams will cover her typewriter
Focus on the good you CAN do in 5781
Dear Families, As a teacher, I have always said that I may end up in “copyright hell” but I will be with all the teachers I have known and admired.
Recipes
Caring for the sick, homebound with nourishing food
By Ethel G. Hofman (JNS) December is a busy month filled with joy and celebration. But every year, it brings sad news, too. Someone may be sick, homebound or otherwise
Yapchik: oven-cooked ‘Hungarian cholent’
By Emanuelle Lee Yapchik is made up of two layers of golden, crispy potato cake — very similar to a kugel — that sandwich a layer of meat. As the
Why you should cook chicken soup in the oven
By Rachel Myerson My mom serves matzo ball soup every Friday night (#momgoals), and she’s always made it in the oven. When I left home and found myself without my
