Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Sukkot, a Jewish holiday that coincides with the autumn harvest, during which Jews erect sukkahs.
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Breaking News TSA Approves Some Plants for Sukkot Travel
Plants used for Sukkot can be carried on an airplane, the Transportation Security Administration said. The TSA, which is a part of the U.S. Homeland Security Department, said it will allow palm branches, myrtle twigs, willow twigs and citrons in airports, through security checkpoints and on airplanes. The items and the people carrying them must…
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Breaking News Chaos Means No Sinai Lulavs for Sukkot
Israel likely will not have palm fronds from the Sinai for this year’s Sukkot lulavs. Terror in the Sinai and a lack of communication between Israeli and Egyptian agricultural agencies are the reasons that the palm fronds will not be imported, Israel National News reported Monday. They are grown in the Sinai’s al-Arish area, located…
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The Schmooze Stricter Gender Rules at Western Wall on Sukkot
During the Jewish festival season, which finished yesterday here in Israel (and draws to a close tonight in the States), thousands have descended on the Western Wall. All sorts have made their way to the popular pilgrimage site, from secular to Haredi Jews, as well as a sizable contingency of Christians from around the world…
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News Young Writers Ask What Is Next To Occupy
For the Torah Shall Go Forth to Zuccotti Park, and the Word of God to Wall Street By David A.M. Wilensky Jews of my parents? generation were broadly involved in the protests of their youth: marching in Selma, Ala; riding for freedom; marching on Washington. Given that, the attempt by the establishment and by politically…
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The Schmooze Visionary Sukkahs in St. Louis
A year after a sensational debut in New York’s Union Square Park last year, the “Sukkah City” idea has made its way westward to St. Louis. The 10 winners of the “Sukkah City STL” design competition were announced October 4, and they are now in the midst of installing their structures on the campus of…
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The Schmooze A Sukkah Occupies Wall Street
Last week, Rabbi Jill Jacobs wrote about Sukkot and social justice and asked discussed the importance of place. Her 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: As I write this blog…
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Food Preservating the Season’s Bounty During Sukkot
Sukkot is the holiday that celebrates the autumn harvest. The last of the three annual pilgrimage festivals on the Jewish calendar (if we’re counting from Pesach), these were the days in ancient times when our ancestors would gather the best of their seasonal produce and travel to the Temple in Jerusalem to give thanks as…
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Recipes Mixing Bowl: Sukkot Recipes; Matzo Ball Ramen
Still looking for some delicious recipes for the holiday? Check out a Sukkot-Inspired Harvest Feast and a lovely story about celebrating Sukkot in the orthodox neighborhood Crown Heights in Brooklyn. [Saveur] Myra Goodman, co-founder of Earthbound Farm, is a quiet and unlikely pioneer for organic farming but, “If you’re buying organic baby spinach at a…
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