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Moroccan Vegetable Tagine served with couscous. (Photo/Leigh Beisch)
Posted inFood

Take your Rosh Hashanah menu to Marrakech and beyond

Joyce Goldstein by Joyce Goldstein September 1, 2021September 1, 2021
(Illustration/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inTech

Need advice for the High Holidays? Ask the Robo-Rabbi.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
The Birnbaum machzor, first published in 1951, remained a staple of Orthodox synagogues despite a bounty of competitors. (Photo/JTA-Open Siddur Project)
Posted inReligion

Why this High Holiday prayer book is still going strong after 70 years

Yosef Lindell by Yosef Lindell and JTA August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Among the Rosh Hashanah recipes in Beth Lee’s new cookbook: Sweet Challah Rolls with Apple Currant Filling.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

South Bay blogger’s new cookbook is full of Rosh Hashanah recipes

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 30, 2021March 15, 2022
Ari Sklar (left) and Ashton Sklar participate in a drive-in Yom Kippur service put on by Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in North Miami, Sept. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inAct Two

Asking forgiveness year after year — it’s what we do

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 26, 2021
Honey Cake with Silan and Spices (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Sweet, spicy and crunchy updates to classic Rosh Hashanah desserts

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer August 25, 2021
Left: Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin as a bar mitzvah with Cantor Doron Shapira at Peninsula Sinai in Congregation, 2010. Right: Years later, he's getting ready to help lead Peninsula Sinai for the High Holidays.
Posted inHigh Holidays

As a kid he loved his Foster City synagogue. This High Holidays, he’s going to help lead it.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
(From left) Grilled Whole Spicy Tomato Cauliflower,
Mustard-Garlic Grilled Chicken and Potato-Apple Skewers (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

When Jewish New Year meets Labor Day, it’s time to get your grill on

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer August 19, 2021
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
Posted inReligion

Rabbis are supposed to offer hope on the High Holidays. What if I can’t?

Rabbi Rachel Barenblat by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and JTA August 18, 2021
(Photo/Janet Silver Ghent)
Posted inAct Two

Rouxing the day my immersion blender failed me

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 16, 2021

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