Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
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Food This Beekeeper Means Business
Photograph by Liza Schoenfein Ishai Zeldner was a 20-something college graduate doing an ulpan on Kibbutz Beit HaShita in northern Israel when he was assigned to work with Yusuf Gidron, the kibbutz beekeeper. “I had no clue about bees,” Zeldner said. “One night I was working with Yosef, moving the bees, and I got stung…
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Breaking News Barack Obama Discusses Middle East in Call to 900 Rabbis
In his annual Rosh Hashanah call with American rabbis, President Obama focused on crises in the Middle East. “He spoke about the complexities and dangers of the Middle East and the challenges facing the world,” said Rabbi William Gershon, one of two rabbis who posed questions to the president during the call. Gershon said there…
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Opinion On Rosh Hashanah, a Breath of Life
In the year that we are now parting with, 5774, it became dangerous once again to be a Jew. Israel, subject to sustained missile attack, discovered how hard it is to fight an asymmetric war against a terrorist group ruthless enough to place rocket launchers beside schools, hospitals and mosques. It found itself condemned by…
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Food Mead: The Next Generation
Getty Images On Rosh Hashanah, Ben Alexander and his family will toast the new year with apples and honey — literally. Instead of just dipping slices of the autumnal fruit into honey, they will sip apple cyser, a fragrant mixture of apple cider and mead. It’s only fitting, since Alexander is the co-founder of Maine…
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Food Healthier Kugel Recipes for the Holidays
There’s nothing like a series of back-to-back Jewish holidays to help you pack on the pounds without even trying. Between my mother’s Rosh Hashanah brisket, my bubbie’s stuffed cabbage for Sukkot, and our elaborate post-Yom Kippur feast that features enough delectable breads, spreads, and pastries to more than make up for 24 hours without eating,…
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Breaking News 1,000 Break Record for Shofar-Blowing
More than 1,000 people gathered at a New Jersey Jewish institution to break the Guinness World Record for largest shofar ensemble. The participants blew together on the shofars for five minutes at the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus in Whippany, N.J. The “Great Shofar Blowout” sponsored by the Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life,…
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News 10 Reasons Why Celebrating Both Jewish and Secular New Years is a Win-Win
For members of the tribe, September marks a new year. We dip apples in honey to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Three months later we dip chips in salsa to ring in the secular New Year. We love having two opportunities to celebrate. How is the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah, different from that other New Year?…
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Opinion Self-Flagellation in Summer: Rosh Hashanah Prep
The instruction manual from the Israeli company that shipped my ram’s horn (via Amazon in August) says the blowing-technique can be learned by “filling your mouth with water. Then make a small hole at the right side of your mouth, and blow out the water with a strong pressure. Practice this again and again until…
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