Hug a chicken and 4 other twists on traditional High Holidays rituals
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Picture services for the High Holidays: A roomful of congregants sitting with heavy books in their laps listening…
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Rabbi Kliel Rose: An Accounting of the Soul
by Rabbi Kliel Rose (EJNews) – Shalom U’vracha! The month of Elul initiates our spiritual preparations for the New Year. Leading up to the Yamim Noraim,…
Apple Pie Kugel Recipe
By Ronnie Fein (The Nosher via JTA) — One day many years ago – during the High Holidays yet — I called my mother early…
Pomegranate and Honey Glazed Chicken
By Liz Rueven (The Nosher via JTA) — Pomegranates, or rimonim in Hebrew, are among the most recognizable and highly symbolic fruits in Jewish culture….
When a Major Jewish Holiday Clashes With a Major Family Wedding
By Debra Lynn Shelton (Kveller via JTA) — My cousin is getting married on Yom Kippur. And her dress rehearsal is on Kol Nidre. Yes, you…