Torah In the sukkah, as in life, we are both vulnerable and safe The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek. Sukkot Chol Hamoed Numbers 29:23-31 Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 Ten months after the… By Rabbi Amy Eilberg Oct 18, 2019
Sukkot Sukkahforce! Sukkot underway at Salesforce Park For the first time, software giant Salesforce is celebrating Sukkot by erecting a sukkah at Salesforce Park, the tree-lined public green space stretching… By Gabe Stutman Oct 16, 2019
Jew in the Pew A very Berkeley lulav and etrog The lulav and the etrog. One week a year, we shake this magic rainstick and its citrus companion in the air. During the harvest festival of Sukkot, we… By David A.M. Wilensky Oct 15, 2019
Sukkot The etrog is Judaism’s best-kept wellness secret For most Jews, the etrog is relegated to a fleeting, supporting role. Held beside the lulav (palm frond) once a year during the festival of Sukkot (Oct.… By Rachel Myerson Oct 11, 2019
High Holidays Cakes, elephants and magic carpets for kids this new year A Rosh Hashanah apple cake bake-off fit for reality television and another installment in the Scarlet and Sam series from award-winning author Eric A.… By Penny Schwartz, JTA Aug 27, 2019
Torah Moses and me: chasing the flock back into the gazebo The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek. Devarim Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 As Moses begins his great farewell address to the… By Rabbi Dov Greenberg Aug 9, 2019
Torah As Sukkot ends, your last chance for compassion Chol Hamo’ed Sukkot Exodus 33:12-34:26 Ezekiel 38:18-39:16. On this Shabbat Sukkot, we read about Moses and the second set of tablets. Having just… By Rabbi Susan Leider Sep 27, 2018
Recipe Put the feast back in the 'Feast of Booths' Sukkot is also known as the Festival of Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths — and I tend to focus on the feast part. Eating with friends and family in a… By Faith Kramer Sep 21, 2018
Sukkot Let’s revive this ancient Sukkot rain ritual It’s always incredible to see our houses of worship overflowing on Yom Kippur, a powerful time of teshuvah — spiritual return, relational reconciliation… By Rabbi Zelig Golden Sep 21, 2018