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High Holiday Recipe Collection

By JewishBoston

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The Best Boston Challah for Rosh Hashanah

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Yom Kippur Resources

By JewishBoston

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Do-It-Yourself Tashlich

By JewishBoston

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How Sweet It Is: Boston’s Best Honey

Food & Recipes

Bakey

8/31/2023 Top Pick

The Best Boston Challah for Rosh Hashanah

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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8/31/2023 Top Pick

How Sweet It Is: Boston’s Best Honey

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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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

Tzimmes Chicken with Apricots, Prunes, and Carrots

9/19/2022 Top Pick

Where to Order Kosher Food in the Boston Area

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

Hawaij Roast Chicken Tagine With Chickpeas, Zucchini, Olives and Butternut Squash

9/15/2022 Top Pick

Roast Chicken Tagine With Chickpeas, Zucchini & Butternut Squash

By Johanna RothenbergFor JewishBoston

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!

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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 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.

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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.

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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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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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9/28/2020 Top Pick

Tashlich: New Ways to Cast Off Sins and Stay Safe

The traditional Jewish New Year ceremony of Tashlich has been impacted by COVID-19.

By Jewish Journal

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9/21/2020 Top Pick

Producing Our High Holy Days: The Four Questions

What will make our High Holy Days meaningful for our congregation, both as individuals and as a community?

By Rabbi Danny BurkemanFor Temple Shir Tikva (Wayland)

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9/21/2020 Top Pick

“Al Cheit” for White Jews in 5781

By Emilia Diamant

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Sunset in desert. A Nubian ibex on the edge of Makhtesh Ramon Crater in Negev desert, Israel

9/21/2020 Top Pick

The Origin Story of Yom Kippur

By JewishBoston

Voices From Our Community

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)

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9/14/2023 Top Pick

Want to Fight Antisemitism? Embrace Jewish Traditions.

My ultimate wish is that Jews will respond to antisemitism by combining a relentless push against antisemites with an even more energetic pull toward their tradition in all its...

By Deborah LipstadtFor The New York Times

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9/11/2023 Top Pick

Why My Dad Never Forgot Rosh Hashana at Camp Myles Standish

A Jewish congregation in Taunton showed kindness that made him feel at home before heading to Europe in World War II.

By Susan GoodmanFor The Boston Globe

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9/8/2023 Top Pick

Embrace Rosh Hashanah With Childlike Wonder

As Jewish educators, we treasure witnessing the remarkable phenomenon of children encountering age-old traditions for the first time.

By Amy BolotinFor The Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center (FJECC)

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9/7/2023 Top Pick

Strengthened by the Sounds of the Shofar

It is music and sound that transforms us from grasping for words to feeling from within our bodies.

By Rachel Spekman

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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)

9/22/2022 Top Pick

Rosh Hashanah 5783: The Multiverse Is This One

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9/16/2022 Top Pick

At a Good Hour: Awaiting a Grandchild in 2022

Here I am again, this time as Rosh Hashanah approaches, waiting for one of my grandchildren to be born.

By Margie Bogdanow

AUCKLAND - SEP 02 2018: Jewish people singing and dancing Inside a synagogue during Inauguration of a new Torah scroll ceremony.It is a handwritten copy of the Torah, the holiest book in Judaism.

10/18/2021 Top Pick

The High Holy Days and My Return to the Temple

While the worship was amazing, there was something special about experiencing the warmth of the community.

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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

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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

LEXINGTON MA. SEPTEMBER 15: Rabbi Howard Jaffe will be holding Rosh Hashanah worship over the computer from his home on September 15, 2020 in Lexington, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

9/16/2020 Top Pick

Massachusetts Jewish Community Gears up for Virtual High Holidays Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Jewish congregations are gearing up for unprecedented holidays this month amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

By The Boston Herald

Arts & Culture

Meszler

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)

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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9/4/2020 Top Pick

Five Tunes for Atonement

Five songs that fill me with awe leading up to the High Holidays.

By Joey BaronFor Jewish Arts Collaborative