Holiday Features
New December dilemma: early Chanukah
Andrea JacobsDec 02, 2010
CHRISTMAS comes but once a year, on Dec. 25: not Nov. 29, not Dec. 28, but Dec. 25. Chanukah also comes but once a year, on 25 Kislev: not 10 […]
Eight nights
JTANov 18, 2010
By Dasee Berkowitz, JTA NEW YORK — When I walked into our local K-mart the night after Labor Day, Christmas music beckoned shoppers to consume. Traditional...
Simchat Torah: Circle dances with the Torah
Edmon J. Rodman, JTASep 27, 2010
LOS ANGELES Want to dance with Jewish tradition but dont know the steps? Ask Simchat Torah to dance. Not a conventional dancer, its a star partner who will drag...
Scoring schach
Edmon J. Rodman, JTASep 16, 2010
LOS ANGELES His 14-foot-long pole saw in hand, Paul Nisenbaum is ready to head out into the great urban forest in a search for schach. The Los Angeles teacher...
The art and skill of shofar-blowing, a mile above sea level
IJN StaffSep 03, 2010
By Sarah Wolberg Sounding the shofar on the High Holidays is a major honor. Shofar sounders at Colorado synagogues practice for weeks before Rosh Hashanah to prepare for...
One man’s journey into the world of keeping kosher
Edmon J. Rodman, JTAMar 25, 2010
LOS ANGELES With lots of matzah, boxes of the right flat stuff required for the making of everything, are you kosher for Passover? What about the day after; then...
Passover hotels: $3,000-$5,000 per person
IJN StaffMar 25, 2010
By Jennifer Garfinkel, Tablet NEW YORK — Next year in Jerusalem is, of course, the traditional conclusion of the Passover seder. But Next year in Aruba may...
Get creative with Passover’s eggs
JTAMar 18, 2010
By Linda Morel, JTA NEW YORK — I start Passover food shopping by buying six dozen eggs, but its never enough. Inevitably I return to the store at least twice,...
Local lulav: on the rise
Chris LeppekOct 08, 2009
Its October, the leaves are changing, the air is growing nippy and in observance of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the lulav and etrog are falling abundantly from the...
Waiting for return from Afghanistan: ‘The sukkah of peace’
Andrea JacobsOct 01, 2009
SUKKOT, the third pilgrimage festival in the Jewish calendar, commands all Jews to build temporary structures in commemoration of the Israelites 40-year sojourn in the...