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Confronting Death, Finding Renewal
The emphatic message of the High Holidays: Change is possible.
Passing Before God
Deepening our relationship with God reminds us of our smallness, our greatness, and the chance to be better.
Celebrate, Rosh Hashanah, Southern & Jewish
Now That I Have A Kid, How Do I Mark New Years… And Small Moments Each Day?
“Can you believe it’s been a year!?” Ever since my son was about 10 months old, many people have commented ...
Room For Improvement
A couple of years ago I was walking to synagogue with my two boys on the morning of Rosh Hashanah, ...
Dinner, Eat, Holiday Food, Jewish Recipes, Rosh Hashanah Food
Pomegranate and Honey Glazed Chicken Recipe
Pomegranates, or rimonim in Hebrew, are one of the most recognizable and highly symbolic fruits in Jewish culture.
A Self-Hating Jew: The High Holidays Bring it Out in Me
When the High Holidays roll around, I invariably catch myself falling into a deep chasm of self-loathing. It’s a time ...
Eat, Jewish Recipes, Rosh Hashanah Food
Orange and Pomegranate Salad
The pomegranate has long been a symbol of fertility, and thus of the unlimited possibles for the Jewish New Year.
Celebrate, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
10 Things the Shofar Symbolizes
Here's how the shofar sounds were interpreted in a classic text more than 1,000 years ago.
Reverse Tashlich
Instead of casting things into water, let's draw our sins out of the water