Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
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Food This year, Americans and Israelis will be consuming 390 million pounds of this beloved Jewish ingredient
Turns out there's a very good reason why the word 'honey' appears 55 times in the Hebrew Bible
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Culture From ‘Star Wars’ to Madonna: 11 times shofars showed up outside shul
The instrument, while lacking in versatility, nonetheless makes the odd non-liturgical appearance
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Fast Forward Netanyahu warns Jewish pilgrims not to visit Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah
There are only enough shelters in the small Ukrainian city of Uman for around 11,000 people, creating a potentially perilous scenario for the tens of thousands of Jews who are expected to make the pilgrimage this year
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Yiddish World VIDEO: What Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik said about Jews who become observant
The beloved Orthodox rabbi explains why a "baal teshuvah" stands on a higher spiritual level than a completely righteous Jew
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News Sermonizing about Israel can be risky. These High Holidays, some rabbis feel compelled to.
Israel ‘is at an inflection point,’ one rabbi said
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Culture Five books you need to prepare for the High Holidays
Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman shares his favorite books to get you ready for the High Holidays.
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Food We taste-tested affordable kosher wine for Rosh Hashanah
Our honest reviews and pairing advice for white, rosé and red kosher wines under $35
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Fast Forward High Holiday services are set to return this year — with a new eternal flame — to a Texas synagogue damaged in a 2021 arson
A new ner tamid, or eternal flame, has been constructed out of the burned stained glass deemed too structurally unsound to use as a window
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