Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
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Opinion Why Have a Politically Neutral Rosh Hashanah Dinner When You Can Debate Israel?
The different cultures of the world each have their own way of welcoming in a new year. Some usher in their new year with colorful street parades, some with fireworks, some with solemn bells and some with a passionate kiss. As Jews, we traditionally bring in our new year sitting together around the family table….
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Opinion This Rosh Hashanah, My Hindu Father Gets a Yahrzeit Plaque
It’s that time of year again, when the annual High Holidays packet arrives in the mail. I’ve never been one to pore over the contents, but seven months after my father’s passing, this time it feels different. It’s not so much the holiday’s reflections on “who shall live and who shall die” that resonate so…
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Culture These 3 Jewish Inventions Are Tailor-Made For Celebrating Rosh Hashanah
Written more than 1,000 years ago, one prayer lies in wait at the heart of every High Holiday service: U’ntane Tokef (translation: “We Give This Day Its Power”). It reads like the voiceover from a trailer for a new season of “Game of Thrones”: “On Rosh Hashanah it is written, on Yom Kippur it is…
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Food ‘Gefilte’ Gets an A on Holiday Taste Test
While we weren’t intentionally looking for one, a theme quickly emerged at our recent taste test of “The Gefilte Manifesto,” and that theme was: “I don’t usually like” blank, “but I like this.” It started in the very first moments of our gathering, when our friend Fred took his first sip of the Celery Collins…
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Recipes Crispy Chicken With Tzimmes
Tzimmes is a sweet Ashkenazi stew in which the ingredients vary depending on family origin and tradition. The dish is often eaten during the Jewish High Holidays to symbolically usher in a sweet new year. This sweet-and-savory chicken tzimmes is an easy dish with a built-in side. The juices of the chicken enhance the flavors…
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Recipes Cauliflower and Mushroom Kugel
Kugel comes in many forms, not just noodles. Liz and I both love savory vegetable kugels, and this cauliflower-mushroom version is lighter and more refined than the ever-popular potato kugel. If you’re lucky enough to live in a place where foraged mushrooms are accessible, get the best you can find. They will only enhance the…
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Recipes Cooking Rosh Hashanah on the Range With Molly Yeh
The ebullient, multitalented food blogger/photographer (and Juilliard-trained percussionist) Molly Yeh has been a contributor to the Forward’s food section for years. Her first cookbook, “Molly on the Range,” comes out October 4. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Molly about the book, what she recommends we make from it for the High Holidays…
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Recipes Hummus With Meat All Over It
Question: How do you make a plate of hummus filling enough for a bunch of big burly farmers? Answer: Put meat all over it. Question: What’s appropriate party attire for your hummus with meat all over it? Answer: Fresh parsley and pomegranate seeds. Question: How do you convince a bunch of big burly farmers that…
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