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Apple Chocolate Chip Pomegranate Cake-11

Tradition

High Holiday Recipe Collection

By JewishBoston

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Jew(ish)

The Best Boston Challah for Rosh Hashanah

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Tradition

Yom Kippur Resources

By JewishBoston

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Tradition

Do-It-Yourself Tashlich

By JewishBoston

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Jew(ish)

How Sweet It Is: Boston’s Best Honey

Events

Wayside Inn Grist Mill (Photo: Dudesleeper/Wikimedia Commons)

Top Pick

Shofar & Tashlich at the Wayside Inn Grist Mill

Sep 17, 5:00 pm

Wayside Inn Grist Mill, Sudbury

Free

Tashlich at Concord’s Old North Bridge

Sep 17, 4:00 pm

Old North Bridge, Concord

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Free

An Invitation to Share Rosh Hashanah 5784

Up Next: Sep 15, 7:00 pm

Kerem Shalom, Concord

Jewish holiday Rosh Hashana background with honey, pomegranate and red apples. Modern still life composition

Free

Family Service: Rosh Hashanah

Up Next: Sep 16, 10:30 am

Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua

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Free

Shofar Blowing in Boston

Sep 17, 2:30 pm

Back Bay, Boston

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Free

Community-Wide Rosh Hashanah Services

Up Next: Sep 15, 7:30 pm

Temple Israel, Boston

Temple Israel clergy singing at a High Holy Day service

Rosh Hashanah Services

Up Next: Sep 15, 7:00 pm

Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield, Wakefield

The shofar traditional symbols of the Jewish New Year holiday of Rosh Hashanah include apples, honey, pomegranates with ritual kosher dessert

$50

Outdoor Rosh Hashanah for the Family

Sep 17, 12:15 pm

Chabad Center of Natick, Natick

Rosh hashanah (jewish New Year holiday) concept

Free

Rosh Hashanah Picnic and Shofar Blowing

Sep 17, 11:00 am

Cypress Field, Brookline

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Free

Rosh Hashanah Community Services

Up Next: Sep 15, 7:30 pm

Winchester Town Hall, Winchester

Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah background with honey and apples on wooden table.

$300

Rosh Hashanah Family Program

Sep 17, 10:30 am

Cambridge Jewish Center of the Arts , Cambridge

Autumn candy apples with chocolate and caramel, side view on a rustic wood platter

Free

Food & Recipes

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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8/24/2021 Top Pick

Round Challah Recipe Roundup

By JewishBoston

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8/24/2021 Top Pick

Roast Chicken With Fennel and Apple

By Leah KoenigFor JewishBoston

Apple Chocolate Chip Pomegranate Cake-11

8/23/2021 Top Pick

Chocolate Chip Apple Cake With Pomegranate Glaze

By Amy Kritzer BeckerFor JewishBoston

Honey-Apple Galette With Pistachio Sugar

8/22/2021 Top Pick

Apples & Honey Recipe Roundup

By JewishBoston

NECM Rosh Hashanah

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

Brunch-Brisket-ed

9/17/2020 Top Pick

Molly Yeh’s Apple Cider Brisket Recipe

Flavored with apple cider and maple syrup, this brisket embraces Rosh Hashanah food traditions.

Crafts & DIY

Inspired by the elk horn (Art by Erica Rosenblum)

9/18/2017 Top Pick

Why the Shofar?

One interpretation and springboard for sacred reflection.

By Erica Rosenblum

(Credit: Yael Mehl)

9/11/2017 Top Pick

Downloadable Rosh Hashanah Card Templates

By JewishBoston

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9/9/2015 Top Pick

Downloadable Rosh Hashanah Activity Pages for Kids

Games, coloring pages, fun sheets and more.

By JewishBoston

Etched glass honey jars

9/10/2014 Top Pick

How to Make Etched Glass Honey Jars for Rosh Hashanah

As we ring in the New Year with all things sweet, a handcrafted honey jar makes the perfect host gift or décor for your own table.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor JewishBoston

Apple cork stamp cards

9/1/2014 Top Pick

How to Make Apple Cork Stamp Cards for Rosh Hashanah

Usher in a sweet New Year by making your own greeting and place cards for family and friends with easy apple cork stamps.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor JewishBoston

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8/22/2014

Make a DIY Sugar Scrub for a Refreshing New Year

Exfoliating sugar, moisturizing coconut oil and rejuvenating essential oils.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor JewishBoston

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9/2/2011 Top Pick

High Holiday Kids’ Activities

Here are several activities you can do with your children to model the value of honoring parents during this special month.

By Kathy BloomfieldFor CJP Families with Young Children Initiative

Traditions & Rituals

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

N95 Mask, Shofar and Prayer Shawl for the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

9/8/2020 Top Pick

Reimagining the High Holidays in a Pandemic

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

LISTEN

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9/8/2020 Top Pick

Diving Into Rosh Hashanah With Mayyim Hayyim

By JewishBoston

Man in a tallit, Jewish prayer shawl is blowing the shofar ram's horn

9/2/2020 Top Pick

In Search of a New Year

Boost your sweet new year with two CJP offerings.

By Rabbi Elyse WinickFor JewishBoston

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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.

Red apple fruit in a row on pink pastel background

8/31/2020 Top Pick

JewBelong Makes Rosh Hashanah Observance Accessible

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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8/30/2020 Top Pick

Self-Guided Exploration

An interactive library of High Holy Day materials for you to explore.

By Temple Israel of Boston

Voices From Our Community

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8/9/2021 Top Pick

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

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8/3/2021 Top Pick

Resetting the Table Toward Understanding

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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10/5/2020 Top Pick

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

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9/30/2020 Top Pick

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

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in “RBG,” directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen. (Courtesy CNN Films)

9/25/2020 Top Pick

On the Passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Reflections on Erev Rosh Hashanah.

By Rabbi Leonard GordonFor B’nai Tikvah

9/24/2020 Top Pick

Riverway Project Voices Praying for Shelter and Peace in 5781

With our collective voices, we pray for a shelter of peace.

By Riverway Project

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9/22/2020 Top Pick

The Joys of Rosh Hashanah for Two

Jewish holidays are usually celebrated amongst family and friends, but can a more intimate gathering produce the same effect?

By Corinne EngberFor JewishBoston

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9/17/2020 Top Pick

High Holy Days During a Pandemic

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9/15/2020 Top Pick

Young Adults Reflect: Intentions for 5781

By Ashley JacobsFor JewishBoston

Community News

N95 Mask, Shofar and Prayer Shawl for the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

9/8/2020 Top Pick

Reimagining the High Holidays in a Pandemic

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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9/8/2020 Top Pick

Rosh Hashanah in a Box

A free kit to help you celebrate at home.

By Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

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9/3/2020 Top Pick

When 2020 Vision Is Blurred: A Young Adult Peer Leadership Model for Uncertain Times

The Riverway Project, a 20s/30s outreach project of Temple Israel of Boston, is creating leadership squads to educate their peers and lead holiday services.

By eJewish Philanthropy

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8/20/2020 Top Pick

Synagogues Are Bringing Shofar to the Jews Who Can’t Attend Services

Jewish congregations and communities are rethinking how to fulfill the commandment of hearing the shofar blown during the COVID-19 crisis.

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8/18/2020 Top Pick

Riverway High Holy Day Leadership Squad

Join our High Holy Day Leadership Squad to ground yourself in community, Judaism and creativity.

By Nicole ZadorFor Riverway Project

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10/2/2019 Top Pick

Members of Jewish Cultural Association Observe Tashlich

In the middle of bustling downtown Boston Tuesday afternoon, members of the Vilna Shul gathered to symbolically cast away their sins through the ritual of Tashlich.

By The Boston Globe

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9/27/2019 Top Pick

Jews Prepare for Holiday as White Supremacist Incidents Soar

Incidents of white supremacists distributing fliers, posters and literature around Massachusetts have increased dramatically this year.

By WGBH

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9/24/2019 Top Pick

For Synagogues, High Holidays Welcome Is Complicated by Security Needs

Shootings at a synagogue in California and a mosque in New Zealand, as well as the synagogue in Pittsburgh, have complicated and expanded synagogues’ security measures.

By Religion News Service

Rav Tiferet Berenbaum (Courtesy photo)

9/23/2019 Top Pick

Rav Tiferet Berenbaum’s Organic Judaism

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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7/23/2019 Top Pick

Inside Mayyim Hayyim’s Push for Racial Diversity

The mikveh received a grant from CJP to boost its initiative.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

Arts & Culture

“The Rebuke of Adam and Eve” by Domenico Zampieri

8/28/2018 Top Pick

5 Ridiculous Representations of Adam and Eve in Art History

By Miriam AnzovinFor JewishBoston

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8/27/2018 Top Pick

Boston’s Six Sweetest Apple Orchards

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston