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Sukkot

Oct. 7 memorial in Tel Aviv
Posted inIsrael

In Israel, struggling to reconcile grief and joy as Sukkot and Oct. 7 coincide

by Deborah Danan October 8, 2025October 8, 2025

(JTA) — On the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre, Israelis grappled with how to mark the date which overlapped with the first day of Sukkot, when Jewish tradition requires […]

Attendees of a Wilderness Torah gathering for Sukkot perform a version of the ancient Simchat Beit Hashoeivah ritual in 2022. (Julia Maryanska/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
Posted inLocal Voice

After Oct. 7, Sukkot forces us to balance pain and celebration

by Zion Nadav September 30, 2025September 30, 2025
a middle-aged man and two kids hang paper chains under a wooden sukkah
Posted inHigh Holidays

Family events for Sukkot and Simchat Torah around the Bay Area

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight September 22, 2025September 30, 2025
Ron Lezell blows a shofar
Posted inJewish Life

Find family-friendly fun and volunteer projects in the Bay Area for High Holidays

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight September 4, 2025September 10, 2025
a hut with the words "Sukkot means... respect the land, respect the people, free Palestine" in the middle of a large metal gateway
Posted inBay Area

‘Gaza solidarity sukkah’ at UC Berkeley’s Sather Gate is dismantled in one day

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 23, 2024October 23, 2024
A member of the Bnei Menashe community in northeastern India works to construct a sukkah, the temporary structure used in celebrating Sukkot. (Photo/Courtesy Shavei Israel)
Posted inWorld

Displaced by ethnic violence, India’s Bnei Menashe Jews construct sukkahs

by Jordyn Haime October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
Posted inUncategorized

Don’t cram Judaism into one day a year — come back for Sukkot

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
Watercolor of an etrog by Amanda Almira Newton, 1916, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Posted inTorah

It’s splendorous. It’s packed with meaning. It’s the etrog.

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 14, 2022October 13, 2022
For the first time ever, Moroccan etrogs flew direct from Casablanca to Israel in 2022. (Photo/Royal Air Maroc plane via Robert Smith-MI News-NurPhoto via Getty Images; collage by JTA)
Posted inWorld

This Sukkot, peace and Jewish agricultural law have Morocco’s etrog industry blossoming

by David I. Klein and JTA October 11, 2022
Stuff your sukkah guests with these stuffed Sukkot appetizers. (Photo/Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Stuff your sukkah guests with these Sukkot appetizers

Micah Siva by Micah Siva October 7, 2022

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