In the town where I grew up, there were three churches and no synagogues. Naturally, Jews were few and far between. We moved there in the 1950s because my mother liked the landscape. Abandoning our ...

The harvest holiday of Sukkot feels immeasurably more relatable to me this year than it has in the past, because this year I’m in the midst of my own actual harvest. The garden I planted in the spring ...

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This year, Sukkot runs from the evening of September 29 through October 6. To make the most of the fall harvest, here are some wonderful on-theme dishes you can enjoy. “After I break out my nuts, ...

What a difference a decade makes. In fall 1992, my husband and I visited Israel during what now seems such innocent times. Only once did our tour guide announce a change in itinerary when a particular ...

The weeklong festival of Sukkot begins Sunday evening, Oct. 9. During the holiday it’s traditional to eat meals in a sukkah, a temporary hut with a leafy roof built in the garden or on the patio. When ...

(JNS) Sukkot is glorious. It’s akin to a Jewish Thanksgiving holiday where family and friends gather in booths decorated with fall fruits, gourds and paper chains (add yellow ribbons and Israeli flags ...

Of all the family-oriented holidays on the Jewish calendar, Sukkot, which entails setting up a temporary house, is probably the most homey of all. There’s nothing more inviting than a sukkah, the ...