Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
The Latest
-
Recipes Borscht Crostini
This beautiful holiday hors d’oeuvre delivers all the best of Ashkenazi cuisine — the tangy and bright and creamy and crunchy — in one bite. Serves 6 3 medium beets, peeled, halved and cut into ½-inch chunks 4 medium carrots, peeled, halved lengthwise and cut into 2-inch lengths 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons…
-
Recipes Pickled Cherry Tomatoes
Best if left in the refrigerator four to five days before eating, these pickles can be part of a festive Jewish cheese plate that might also include sour cherries, dried figs and slices of halvah. ½ cup apple cider vinegar ¼ cup white wine vinegar 1 cup water 1 tablespoon kosher salt 2 teaspoons sugar…
-
Breaking News Why Do These Christians Celebrate Rosh Hashanah And Yom Kippur?
NEW YORK (JTA) — On the night of Rosh Hashanah, thousands of people will leave work, gather in congregations across the globe and worship God, the ruler of the world. Ten days later they will begin a fast and gather again to pray, this time atoning for their sins. On both occasions they will praise…
-
News Boycott Schm-oycott! Trump Insists He Never Planned To Call Rabbis For High Holidays
Did liberal Jewish denominations succeed in making a brave statement against President Trump’s divisive leadership by effectively torpedoing an annual High Holidays conference call with rabbis? Or did Trump hang up on them before they could hang up on him? Less than 24 hours after Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbis announced they would not organize…
-
Community For A Great 2017, Stop, Reflect, and Share
When I first heard about The Well’s month-long #Reflect4Rosh social media campaign of introspection and gratitude leading up to Rosh Hashanah, my immediate thought was: “Oh, so it’s like everyone’s gratitude posts during the month of November, leading up to Thanksgiving.” And yet, when I looked a bit closer, I was surprised to see that…
-
Community We Need to Talk About Kapparot
It’s 5777, and it’s time to change the conversation about Kapparot. Next week, in the day or two before we observe Yom Kippur, we’ll hear about or participate in the long-standing Jewish folk tradition that attracts explosive debate over its use of live chickens: Kapparot, or Kapporos, a ritual practiced by some Jews in which…
-
Recipes Easy Apple-Preserving Ideas — Sauce, Butter, Cider and Leather
The custom of dipping apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah is so well-established as a symbol of our hopes for a sweet New Year that no matter how we celebrate the holiday this year, whatever foods we serve on this festive occasion, apples are sure to be featured. Why apples? According to Jewish sources, the…
-
Opinion From Rosh Hashanah to Election Day, It’s a Season of Repentance Like No Other
‘Today the world is born” — Hayom harat olam. These are among the most electric words in all of Jewish sacred liturgy. They’re recited by the congregation immediately after the blowing of the shofar, the ram’s horn, at midday on the New Year holiday, Rosh Hashanah. The words are especially electric this year, because they…
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Trump says Jews would deserve much of the blame if he loses
- 2
Opinion This GOP candidate has always been antisemitic — so why are Republicans only panicking about him now?
- 3
Opinion A daring attack on Hezbollah may reveal Israel’s strengths — and its most terrifying weakness
- 4
Culture Hitler is trending on TikTok again — and they’re trying to make him seem like a nice guy
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Republican senator refuses to condemn Trump’s remark that election loss would be Jews’ fault
-
Opinion Israel’s next war front: Why Lebanon is different than Gaza
-
Fast Forward Civilian effort to equip Israeli soldiers for war with Hezbollah ratchets up alongside hostilities
-
Oct. 7: One Year Later How 10/7 — like 9/11 before it — irrevocably changed the meaning of a pair of numbers
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism