Figuring out what Shemini Atzeret is. Finally.
By Carla Naumburg (Kveller via JTA) — I know something about most Jewish holidays. I can tell you that Hanukkah is about miracles, Passover is…
Holidays
Sukkot: Spiced Lamb and Butternut Squash Burekas Recipe
By Shannon Sarna (The Nosher via JTA) — By the time Sukkot arrives, and we are three weeks into nonstop Jewish holiday mode, some people might be…
This Panoramic Sukkah re-creates Jerusalem in your backyard
By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — When it comes to Sukkot, the weeklong festival in which Jews live and eat in temporary huts known as sukkahs,…
Why some rabbis used their High Holiday sermons to bash Trump – and others demurred
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — As spiritual leader of one of the most widely known Reform synagogues in America, Rabbi Joshua Davidson tries not to…
A Yom Kippur tradition in Amsterdam dates back to the invention of electricity
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — As one of Europe’s oldest and most impressive Jewish buildings, this city’s Portuguese Synagogue is known far and wide…