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5787 begins at sundown on Friday, September 11, 2026. Find recipes, crafts, events, services and so much more for the Jewish New Year.

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High Holiday Recipe Collection

By JewishBoston

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Plus Kids

10 Activities for Meaningful High Holy Days With Kids

By Holly Lebowitz Rossi

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Do-It-Yourself Tashlich

By JewishBoston

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Plus Kids

Downloadable Rosh Hashanah Card Templates

By JewishBoston

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Tradition

Yom Kippur Resources

By JewishBoston

Events

Rising Together: Women’s High Holiday Challah Bake

Today, 7:00 pm

Young Israel of Brookline, Brookline

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$45

Chabad of Brookline

Tuesday, September 15 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Young Israel of Brookline62 Green StBrookline, MA 02446

Requires registration $45.00

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Yizkor: Remembering Loved Ones Who Died by Suicide

Tomorrow, 6:30 pm

Free

Jewish Family & Children’s Service

Wednesday, September 16 6:30pm - 7:00pm

See event description for location

Requires registration Free

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Pebbles, Prayers & Song: A Family Tashlich Experience

Sep 18, 6:00 pm

Heart Pond Beach, Chelmsford

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Free

Congregation Shalom

Friday, September 18 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Heart Pond Beach72 Pond StChelmsford, MA 01824

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Family High Holiday Services at Temple Emeth

Up Next: Sep 21, 10:30 am

Temple Emeth, Brookline

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Free

Temple Emeth

Monday, September 21 10:30am - 12:00pm

Temple Emeth194 Grove StBrookline, MA 02467

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Food & Recipes

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9/8/2026 Top Pick

Where the Apple Nerds Go Apple Picking in New England

Whether you’re after old or new varieties, tractor rides or cider doughnuts, here’s our guide to the season’s best apple picking.

By Lindsay CrudeleFor The Boston Globe

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9/12/2025 Top Pick

Set the Table: Rosh Hashanah Catering Made Easy

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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9/12/2025 Top Pick

Boston’s Best Challah: 2025 Edition

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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9/11/2024 Top Pick

High Holiday Recipes That Cater to Food Allergies

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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8/31/2023 Top Pick

The Best Boston Challah for Rosh Hashanah

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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8/31/2023

How Sweet It Is: Boston’s Best Honey

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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Crafts & DIY

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8/19/2026 Top Pick

Shana Tova Coloring Book

A family-friendly coloring book with all the blessings for your Rosh Hashanah meal.

By Recustom

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9/2/2022 Top Pick

A PJ Library Family Guide for Starting the Jewish New Year

“A Time to Grow” has myriad creative ways to connect with the High Holidays, including crafts, step-by-step celebrations, blessings and more!

By PJ Library

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8/22/2021 Top Pick

Tashlich Nature Pouch Craft Project

By Renee HenrichFor JewishBoston

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9/16/2020 Top Pick

How to Create Sacred Spaces at Home

By Ashley M. JacobsFor JewishBoston

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9/9/2020 Top Pick

My House Is Now a Synagogue?

Explore how to make and use sacred space in your home with the creators of Haggadot.com.

By Rebecca Missel

Apple, honey and shofar for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana.

9/9/2020 Top Pick

High Holidays@Home

Download a simple Rosh Hashanah seder and Yom Kippur guidebook or mix and match to create your own holiday gathering.

By Haggadot.com

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9/2/2020 Top Pick

“Here for” the High Holidays

“Here for,” powered by OneTable, is a new community-wide platform supporting home-hosted and virtual gatherings from Rosh Hashanah through Simchat Torah.

By Here for

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9/2/2020 Top Pick

High Holidays at Home: PJ Library Family Guide

This beautiful new PJ Library guide explores ways for your family to connect with the High Holidays at home.

By PJ Library

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8/28/2020 Top Pick

High Holidays-Inspired Workbook

This is your super personal High Holiday workbook, filled with goodies for you to reflect and set intentions for this new year.

By Custom & Craft

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9/18/2019 Top Pick

Four Ideas for Tashlich With Kids

Rabbi Jodi Seewald Smith shares her ideas.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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Traditions & Rituals

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8/20/2026 Top Pick

Meditation for Forgiveness

By Or HaLev Jewish Spirituality and Meditation

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8/19/2026 Top Pick

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Readings

Explore these resources to make your Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur even more meaningful with rituals and readings that inspire social change.

By American Jewish World Service

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8/19/2026 Top Pick

High Holy Day Blessings + Ritual Guide

A simple guide to High Holy Day blessings, rituals and traditions for a meaningful Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

By the Den Collective

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9/8/2025 Top Pick

Shana Tova From JQY

For many in the LGBTQ community, the High Holidays can bring up many different feelings. Wherever you are this season, you’re not alone.

By JQY

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9/8/2025 Top Pick

Mental Health Tashlich

Reimagine this ritual as a caring mental health practice—letting go of what no longer serves you while grounding yourself in intention and healing.

By The Blue Dove Foundation

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9/20/2024 Top Pick

A High Holidays Guide For After October 7

By OneTable

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9/20/2024 Top Pick

Shabbat Shuva Guide

This guide will help you host a Friday night dinner on Oct. 4, the first Shabbat of the Hebrew year, just before Yom Kippur.

By OneTable

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9/12/2024 Top Pick

Memory and Hope: Rituals for Tishrei 5785

By Shalom Hartman Institute’s Ritual Center

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Voices From Our Community

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9/8/2026 Top Pick

Perfect Conditions

Or, why you should not have to wait until September to go apple picking and what that might tell us about Rosh Hashanah.

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9/25/2025 Top Pick

What Will Ripen

A surprising encounter with a hidden grape arbor on the eve of Rosh Hashanah gave me a new perspective on an old blessing.

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9/19/2025 Top Pick

Standing Together This High Holiday Season

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

A winding road meanders through a foggy autumn forest. Golden and orange leaves adorn the trees, creating a mysterious and serene atmosphere under the soft, diffused light.

9/11/2025 Top Pick

Rosh Hashanah 5786: A Prayer For Uninteresting Times

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9/8/2025 Top Pick

A Prayer for the New Year, 5786

As we enter the new year, this powerful prayer invites us to release our fear, seek healing, and find the strength to forge a path toward peace.

By Bruce BlackFor Ritualwell

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9/8/2025

From Rosh Hashanah to Watchnight

What we have in common.

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8/21/2025 Top Pick

Re’eh presents us with blessings and curses; we’ve got more than enough of both right now. This week, the challenge is to see the whole picture.

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10/16/2024 Top Pick

A Childhood Synagogue, a Talmudic Classroom and ‘Our Town’

Someday, somewhere in the back row, I’ll sit with Moses, my father and Emily Gibbs, smiling.

By Joshua HammermanFor Religion News Service

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10/2/2024 Top Pick

5785: All of This Will Happen Again

Oct. 7 opened up a portal to a kind of suffering that many people of my generation had never experienced. Will next year be any better? I have thoughts.

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9/30/2024 Top Pick

A Special Rosh Hashanah Message

In my video message, I speak to the multitude of interpretations of the ancient, primal practice of blowing the shofar.

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

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Community News

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9/14/2026 Top Pick

Jewish Agencies Address Food Insecurity, Isolation During High Holidays

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, Jewish social service agencies are ramping up their efforts to address food insecurity.

By Brett M. RhyneFor Jewish Journal

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9/23/2025 Top Pick

Rosh Hashanah Brings Faith and Hope to Boston-Area Jews

Boston’s Jewish community marks Rosh Hashanah with faith, hope and resilience amid rising challenges.

By Sadaf TokhiFor The Boston Globe

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9/18/2025 Top Pick

High Holiday Crowds Mean an Extra Emphasis on Security

By Dan SeligsonFor CJP Communal Security Initiative

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10/7/2024 Top Pick

Boston Rabbis Reflect on the Year Since the October 7th Attack

Local rabbis reflect on the emotional weight of the Oct. 7 attacks and how the High Holidays offer a path to healing and resilience for the Jewish community.

By Stephanie Brown & Darryl C. MurphyFor WBUR

BrookPo

10/2/2024 Top Pick

Increased Security at Jewish Temples for the Start of Rosh Hashanah

Rabbi Marc Baker of CJP shared that his son, studying in Israel, hid in a bomb shelter, along with millions of others as hundreds of Iranian missiles rained down.

By Litsa PappasFor Boston 25 News

Rabbi Mendy Uminer (center) blows the shofar

9/12/2023 Top Pick

Rosh Hashanah Celebrations Welcome Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah celebrations kicked off early over the weekend—as Jews throughout Greater Boston prepared to welcome the Jewish New Year.

By Daniel KoolFor The Boston Globe

Feast & Fettle

8/24/2021

Feast & Fettle Will Bring Dinner to You This Rosh Hashanah

Feast & Fettle, a local meal delivery service, is offering a special Rosh Hashanah menu and a special code for JewishBoston visitors.

By Feast & Fettle

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8/23/2021 Top Pick

A Hybrid High Holidays

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

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8/17/2021 Top Pick

A Sweet New Year With New England Country Mart

The ease of ordering from the safety and comfort of your home and the convenience of direct home delivery will make these upcoming holidays that much sweeter.

By Elyssa Kotzen

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10/4/2020 Top Pick

Jewish Congregations Found Ways to Connect During High Holidays

Newton synagogues and temples are especially busy during Yom Kippur, and while worship spaces were mostly empty this year, congregations found ways to connect.

By The Boston Globe

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Arts & Culture

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8/11/2026 Top Pick

New Children’s Books Bring the High Holidays to Life

A bumper crop of new kids’ books about the High Holidays is hitting shelves in 2026, surprising close observers of Jewish children’s literature.

By Penny SchwartzFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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9/22/2024 Top Pick

Embodying the High Holiday Season

Explore grief, healing and communal action through artist Charlie Dov Schon’s “Be the Change” tzedakah box sculpture, “Collective Grief.”

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

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12/8/2022 Top Pick

This Prolific South Shore Kids’ Author Is Also a Rabbi

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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9/28/2022 Top Pick

Choirs From Jewish Temple, Christian Parish Combine Voices

The choirs of Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland and United Parish in Brookline held a special performance Saturday, ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

By Daniel Lyons & Keke VencillFor WHDH Boston

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9/23/2022 Top Pick

Be the Change This Rosh Hashanah

JArt’s “Be the Change” public art exhibit inspires Rabbi Marc Baker and our community this Rosh Hashanah.

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

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9/12/2022 Top Pick

A Nuanced Look at Repentance, Forgiveness and Atonement

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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9/2/2021 Top Pick

New Children’s Books for the Jewish New Year

Jewish families can bid farewell to the summer and usher in the Jewish New Year by cracking open these engaging new holiday books.

By Penny SchwartzFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Bee, Animal, Honey Bee, Insect, Apple Blossom

8/30/2021

“The Honey Bee and the Apple Tree”: A Rosh Hashanah Story

A new children’s book by local author Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler, for ages 3-5.

By Rabbi Joseph Meszler

Jewish Studio Project

8/24/2021 Top Pick

Jewish Studio Project Nurtures Creativity as Spiritual Practice

The organization innovates a new approach to Jewish creativity—one in which art is not just for artists and Jewish texts are not just for scholars.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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9/16/2020 Top Pick

Four New Children’s Books to Brighten up the Jewish New Year

Having to deal with quarantine and perhaps school at home, families can take pleasure in turning the pages of these crisp new reads.

By Penny SchwartzFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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