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Israel News for the New Year

-An association of hundreds of Israeli rabbis called the Rabbinical Congress for Peace – Pikuach Nefesh recently wrote U.S. President ...

Summary of Tractate Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah deals not just with the Jewish New Year, but also with questions of how the Jewish calendar is decided.

Rosh Hashanah: Get Woke

During the High Holiday period, we expect a great deal from ourselves. Putting aside the business of material holiday preparation ...

Getting Your Rosh Hashanah On

Not to alarm you or anything, but the High Holidays are coming up. My fam and I haven’t figured out ...

Happy (Secular) New Year!

We’ll probably be ringing in 2014 in as many different ways as we spent December 25, from watching the Catfish ...

New Year’s Moscato Punch

What’s an easy and elegant way to serve a crowd some festive drinks? Punch! And in the spirit of the ...

New Year’s Shabbat Ideas

Yesterday, I wrote about how much New Year’s Eve can suck when it falls on a Friday night. But instead ...

Starting Over At New Year’s

Turning January 1 into a Jewish-themed celebration

Another Kind of New Year

In a two-year fellowship, the "second time" can be the charm...

Do Jews Fast on Rosh Hashanah?

Rosh Hashanah is a time for eating! Jews fast on Yom Kippur, and some other holidays as well.

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