Rosh Hashanah

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High Holiday Recipe Collection

By JewishBoston

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A Hybrid High Holidays

By Rich Tenorio

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Yom Kippur Resources

By JewishBoston

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Do-It-Yourself Tashlich

By JewishBoston

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Tashlich Nature Pouch Craft Project

By Renee Henrich

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Food & Recipes

8/27/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

14 Egg Salad Recipes for Yom Kippur Break-Fast

 By JewishBoston

8/26/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Cinnamon-Glazed Apple Cookies

By Leah KoenigFor JewishBoston

8/25/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Crisp Celery and Green Apple Salad

A refreshing High Holiday bite.

By Leah KoenigFor JewishBoston

8/24/2021   Edit  

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

8/24/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Round Challah Recipe Roundup

 By JewishBoston

8/24/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Roast Chicken With Fennel and Apple

By Leah KoenigFor JewishBoston

8/23/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Chocolate Chip Apple Cake With Pomegranate Glaze

By Amy Kritzer BeckerFor JewishBoston

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Crafts & DIY

8/22/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Tashlich Nature Pouch Craft Project

By Renee HenrichFor JewishBoston

9/16/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

How to Create Sacred Spaces at Home

By Ashley JacobsFor JewishBoston

9/9/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

9/9/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

9/2/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

“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

9/2/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

8/28/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

9/18/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

Four Ideas for Tashlich With Kids

Rabbi Jodi Seewald Smith shares her ideas.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

8/28/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

Tashlich: A Return to Our Grounding Life Source

Judaism is latent with whisperings that we should follow the currents, immerse ourselves in water and grow our communities around water.

By Stef GronerFor Moishe House Cambridge

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Traditions & Rituals

8/24/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Psalm 27 Goes Digital

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

8/23/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

A Hybrid High Holidays

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

9/28/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

9/21/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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)

9/21/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

“Al Cheit” for White Jews in 5781

 By Emilia Diamant

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9/21/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

The Origin Story of Yom Kippur

 By JewishBoston

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9/21/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Sounding the Shofar in 2020

In the year 2020, the shofar gives us pause for thought.

 By InsideSources

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Voices From Our Community

10/18/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

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.

 By Ed Gaskin

9/10/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Incremental Change by the Light of the Moon

 By Rabbi Jen Gubitz

9/10/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

When We Return From Lockdown, How Are We Transformed?

The byword for the High Holidays is teshuvah, which literally means turning around, or redirecting.

By Rabbi Leonard GordonFor B’nai Tikvah

9/2/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Brandeis Alum Ari Fertig on Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah

The leader of the New England Jewish Labor Committee argues that Judaism and the labor movement are beshert (meant for each other).

By Penny SchwartzFor Brandeis University

9/2/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Our Rabbis, Our Heroes

By Rabbi Jen GubitzFor The Forward

8/9/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

A Kidney for Doug: Celebrating a New Year of Renewal

How a synagogue friendship brought the gift of life.

By Paula JacobsFor Temple Israel of Natick

8/3/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Resetting the Table Toward Understanding

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

10/5/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Why the High Holidays Were Great

I had the most meaningful and fulfilling High Holiday season of my adult life. Why?

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

9/30/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

The Jewish Commitment to Dismantle Racism

Some of us are asking ourselves: What can I do to end systemic racism? And some of us are asking ourselves: Is systemic racism really an issue?

By Rabbi Michael RagozinFor Congregation Shirat Hayam of the North Shore

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Community News

8/24/2021   Edit  

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

8/23/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

A Hybrid High Holidays

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

8/17/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

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

10/4/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

10/4/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

9/21/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

 By The Boston Globe

9/21/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

“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

9/16/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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

9/16/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

High Holiday Ticket Match 2020

CJP is here to help you find your community for the High Holidays.

 By Combined Jewish Philanthropies

9/16/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Prayer Amid Pandemic: Jews Adjust to Worshiping

“Judaism has always evolved,” said Rabbi Laura Abrasley of Temple Shalom in Newton. “We may be at another crossroads.”

 By The Boston Globe

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Arts & Culture

9/2/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

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

8/30/2021   Edit  

“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

8/24/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

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

9/16/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

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   Edit  

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

9/4/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Five Tunes for Atonement

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

By Joey BaronFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

8/31/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Rebuilding Together: A Tikkun Olam Project for the New Year

Mayan Hands is committed to supporting its artisan partners through this challenging time.

 By Brenda Rosenbaum

8/12/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Inspired 5781: More Art, More Awe

Virtually accessible art that excites, inspires and steeps us all in the essence of the Days of Awe.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

9/25/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

“To Kill a Mockingbird”: Uplifting Pre-Rosh Hashanah Theater Experience

Aaron Sorkin’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” debuted on Broadway last year.

 By Ruth Kaplan

8/26/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

Introducing Persian Influences in Selichot Services

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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