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Rosh Hashanah

Arts project with apples.
Posted inKids & Family

These hands-on activities can get kids excited for High Holidays

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight September 4, 2025September 4, 2025
a man points to a can of beans with the text "Extra Flavor! Extra Value! In these kosher beans"
Posted inFrom the Archives

Sardines and lungs for Rosh Hashanah? How our pages have reflected changing palates

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
Child-friendly apple pancakes drizzled with tahini. (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Babies can’t eat honey, but I’m still cooking up a sweet Jewish New Year for mine

Micah Siva by Micah Siva September 23, 2024September 10, 2025
Two men laugh with a little kid who is holding a shofar
Posted inKids & Family

Where to create sweet memories with your kids this Rosh Hashanah in the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 20, 2024September 23, 2024
Grilled apples for an apple crumble (Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Grilling adds depth and smokiness to this apple crumble

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer September 20, 2024September 23, 2024
latkes, round challah, brisket and sides seen from above
Posted inFood

UPDATED: Where to buy round challah, honey cake and more for Rosh Hashanah 

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 19, 2024September 8, 2025
Aunty Ethel's Jammy Apple Cake (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

By popular demand, here’s the recipe for Aunty Ethel’s Jammy Apple Cake

Micah Siva by Micah Siva September 17, 2024September 18, 2024
Phish frontman Trey Anastasio playing solo at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Andrea Z. Nusinov)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Jewish Phish fans swim in their own holy waters

Oren Kroll-Zeldin by Oren Kroll-Zeldin August 24, 2023August 24, 2023
Posted inBooks

6 short books to read this Yom Kippur

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi September 27, 2022November 7, 2022
(Photo/Flickr-Edwinek CC)
Posted inColumns

Rosh Hashanah horoscopes: It’s a ‘gimel’ year — start off on the right foot

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude September 23, 2022

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