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High Holiday Recipe Collection

By JewishBoston

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Memory and Hope: Rituals for Tishrei 5785

By Shalom Hartman Institute’s Ritual Center

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Yom Kippur Resources

By JewishBoston

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Do-It-Yourself Tashlich

By JewishBoston

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Boston’s Best Challah: 2024 Edition

Events

High Holy Days Family Activity at TBI Waltham

Up Next: Oct 12, 11:00 am

Temple Beth Israel, Waltham

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Free

Temple Beth Israel (Waltham)

Saturday, October 12 11:00am - 12:15pm

Temple Beth Israel25 Harvard StWaltham, MA 02453

Requires registration Free

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Yom Kippur Kids’ Programs at Beth Menachem Chabad

Up Next: Oct 12, 11:45 am

Beth Menachem Chabad, Newton

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Free

Beth Menachem Chabad

Saturday, October 12 11:45am - 12:30pm

Beth Menachem Chabad349 Dedham StNewton, MA 02459

Requires registration Free

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Elevating Shabbat: Reflection, Renewal and Resilience

Oct 15, 7:00 pm

Lehrhaus, Somerville

$10

OneTable

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

Lehrhaus425 Washington StSomerville, MA 02143

Requires registration $10.00

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Food & Recipes

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9/11/2024

High Holiday Recipes That Cater to Food Allergies

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

Mandylicious Challah

9/11/2024 Top Pick

Boston’s Best Challah: 2024 Edition

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

Fig Tart Tatin With Honey

9/27/2022 Top Pick

Fig Tarte Tatin With Honey

By Chanie ApfelbaumFor JewishBoston

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9/23/2022 Top Pick

Shawarma Chicken Pita Pockets With Honey-Roasted Carrots

By Dini KleinFor JewishBoston

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Crafts & DIY

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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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9/23/2024

Save a seat and “host” a hostage for the holiday to convey our message to the world: Our holiday tables are not complete until all the hostages return home.

By Hostages and Missing Families Forum

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9/20/2024

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

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

9/12/2022 Top Pick

A Nuanced Look at Repentance, Forgiveness and Atonement

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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8/24/2021 Top Pick

Psalm 27 Goes Digital

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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8/23/2021 Top Pick

A Hybrid High Holidays

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

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Voices From Our Community

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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

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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9/30/2024

Jews on What Gives Them Hope in Challenging Times

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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9/29/2024 Top Pick

Rosh Hashanah 2024: A Simple Prayer

By David GoodtreeFor Medium

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9/27/2024

Unimaginable Loss & Unwavering Hope: Reflections for the High Holidays

Marc Baker gives CJP's Rosh Hashanah greeting

9/15/2023 Top Pick

Gratitude for Our Community

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

Dr. Deborah Lipstadt

9/14/2023 Top Pick

Want to Fight Antisemitism? Embrace Jewish Traditions.

By Deborah LipstadtFor The New York Times

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Community News

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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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10/4/2020 Top Pick

Local Synagogues Celebrate High Holidays With Drive-in Services

These types of services will still be beneficial long after the pandemic ends.

By The MetroWest Daily News

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9/21/2020 Top Pick

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Echoes in Celebrations of Jewish New Year

By The Boston Globe

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9/21/2020 Top Pick

“In It Together” With Rabbi Marc Baker

He talks about CJP’s efforts during the pandemic to help congregations adapt to socially distanced worship and other challenges.

By WGBH

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Arts & Culture

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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 Jewish Arts Collaborative

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12/8/2022 Top Pick

This Prolific South Shore Kids’ Author Is Also a Rabbi

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

Choirs from Jewish Temple, Christian Parish combine voices in Wayland

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

Marc Baker CJP

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)

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

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

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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 Jewish Telegraphic Agency

9/10/2020

Musical Days of Awe: Interview With Rachel Panitsch

Musician Rachel Panitsch shares her thoughts on music, the great outdoors and rituals.

By Jewish Arts Collaborative

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