Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
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The Schmooze Casting Off
Stuart Nadler’s first book, “The Book of Life,” is now available. His posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please visit: For me, the year has always begun in September. I grew up…
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Culture Happy Rosh Hashanah to All, No Matter What the Gender
‘I’m done with all my shanot tovot,” an Israeli friend said to me a while ago, meaning that she had finished sending out shana tova cards to all the people on her list. How did I know that she was talking about greeting cards and not tragically telling me, “I’m done with all my good…
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News Pan De Calabaza
2 packages active dry yeast ½ cup sugar 2 cups warm water (105-115F) ½ teaspoons ground ginger 1 ½ teaspoons ground cardamom 2 teaspoons salt ½ cup vegetable oil 3 eggs, divided, lightly beaten 1 cup canned cooked pumpkin 8 ½ cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons sesame seeds 1) In large bowl, dissolve yeast and…
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News Keftes De Prasa and Keftes de Espinaca
12 large leeks 3 matzas or 4 slices bread 3 eggs 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 2/3 cup shopped walnuts (optional) matza meal vegetable oil for frying juice of 2 lemons (about 4 tablespoons) 1) Wash leeks well to remove sand. Cut off and discard roots and tough outer leaves. Cut remaining parts crosswise…
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News Pollo Con Susam
2 eggs 1/3 cup water 1 cup matza meal or panko bread crumbs 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons paprika ½ cup sesame seeds 2 broiler/fryers (about 2 ½ – 3 pounds each) cut into eighths ½ cup melted margarine or olive oil preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Lightly grease large baking pan. Beat…
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News Pollo Con Susam
2 eggs 1/3 cup water 1 cup matza meal or panko bread crumbs 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons paprika ½ cup sesame seeds 2 broiler/fryers (about 2 ½ – 3 pounds each) cut into eighths ½ cup melted margarine or olive oil preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Lightly grease large baking pan. Beat…
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Food Turkish Rosh Hashanah Delights
Start the year off well, be bold, shine forth with simplicity. Rosh Hashanah foods are meant not just to tickle our taste buds but also to inspire. The flavors and textures of holiday foods are meant to encourage the turn towards new possibilities. According Gilda Angel, the author of the “Sephardic Holiday Cooking,” Turkish Jewish…
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Food Preparing the Fields for the New Year
When I participated in the Adamah Fellowship at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in the fall of 2006, I remember feeling such amazement at the way that the High Holidays perfectly lined up with the agricultural calendar. I arrived at the farm just in time to see summer turn into fall — to harvest…
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