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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News Was Cuomo’s expletive comments about Sukkot a slip of the tongue or something more?
Demeaning comments made in private by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier in his political career about the festival of Sukkot raised some eyebrows in the Jewish community on Tuesday. In an extensive profile of Cuomo in the New York TImes Magazine, journalist Matt Flegenheimer reported that during the 2006 campaign for attorney general, Cuomo…
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Culture Thanks to outdoor dining, it’s beginning to look a lot like Sukkot
Most years, Sukkot lasts about a week. But in this year of plague, the holiday has become a months-long event, with no sign of ending anytime soon. Secular sukkahs are all around us. They’re just going by a new name: “outdoor dining.” On daily walks through my neighborhood on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, I’ve watched…
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Fast Forward Trump White House brokers the (etrog) deal of the century
WASHINGTON (JTA) — There was a hard deadline to meet and the job involved delicate international negotiations, but the Trump administration’s top Middle East envoy got on the job. Thanks to Avi Berkowitz, Sukkot was was saved for tens of thousands of New York area Jews. Fox News reported Wednesday that Berkowitz led a successful…
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Food Moroccan Fish
It is most befitting that my fish chapter starts with my all time favorite fish recipe. Although my grandmother is mentioned many times throughout this book, no dish brings her memory flooding back to me like this one. Scooping up the sauce with a piece of challah while nudging a piece of the tender fish…
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Food (Spiked) Watermelon Ices
Refreshing, easy to make, and loved by children and adults alike. 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 (8 pound) watermelon, cut up 1¼ cup lime juice (from 8–9 limes) To Make This Entire Batch Into a Frozen Watermelon Margarita: 3 cups tequila ¼ teaspoon Maldon salt Place a large sieve over a large bowl….
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Food Not a Lower East Side Knish
Second only to “Pigs” in Blankets, I love a good knish — especially our roti knish: creamy-savory potato filling encased in a thin layer of ultraflaky dough. It is the perfect finger food. Using sheets of store-bought premade roti dough helps you knock these babies out fast. (Frozen roti dough is available at some grocery…
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Food Chefs share recipes for Sukkot, the outdoor holiday we need right now
By its very nature as a harvest festival, Sukkot is the Jewish holiday of our dreams, the one least affected by restrictions imposed by the coronavirus on this year’s observances. Whereas Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur found so many families sitting before computer screens attempting to follow services and share meals virtually, Sukkot promises the…
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Food Apple Bread
When apples are abundant in the fall, this bread makes a tasty and seasonal treat. For a heartier loaf, use all whole wheat flour, or experiment with half whole wheat and half all-purpose. Try the bread toasted for breakfast or as an after-school snack. Makes: 1 loaf Unsalted butter for pan 2 large eggs 1…
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