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Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Sticky fig roasted chicken with ginger and turmeric

A sweet and simple Rosh Hashanah main course

By Silvia Nacamulli

Sticky fig roasted chicken with ginger and turmeric

Simple tweaks to your staples can keep costs in check Photo: Getty Images

Eat well, spend less

Eat well, spend less: Keep it seasonal for lower cost chagim

By Ilana Epstein

4 min read

Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Parev apple and almond polenta cake

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

1 min read

Photo: Justyna Radon

Rosh Hashanah

Challah and honey ice cream parfait

By Denise Phillips

Cook time: 50 minutes

Our top ten centrepiece salads for Rosh Hashanah celebrations

Our top ten centrepiece salads for Rosh Hashanah celebrations

By Victoria Prever

1 min read

Apple and honey skillet cake

Rosh Hashanah recipe

Apple and honey skillet cake

Cook time: 40-45 mins

We cannot do spiritual growth all on our own

We cannot do spiritual growth all on our own

By Rabbi Joseph Dweck

3 min read

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Naomi Greenaway

By Naomi Greenaway

The ten million decisions I need to make in the run up to frenetic festive season

It's about whom to invite, when, with whom, what family to see, what to cook, and if there’s time, what to wear too

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September 15, 2023 12:11

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Despite warnings, thousands of Orthodox Jews are going to Ukraine this week

Up to 30,000 Charedim are expected to defy Ukraine's chief rabbi and the Israeli PM to visit the city of Uman to worship, be cleansed of their sins - and dance to techno music

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September 15, 2023 10:16

Despite warnings, thousands of Orthodox Jews are going to Ukraine this week

We asked a beekeeper how to get the best from your honey

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, beekeeper and recipe writer Amy Newsome shares how to have the sweetest new year

By Victoria Prever

4 min read

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September 14, 2023 15:41

Beekeeper Amy Newsome

Six of the best versions of 'Avinu Malkeinu', from Barbara Streisand to Mogwai

Numerous artists have been inspired by the prayer's haunting melody to create their own recordings

2 min read

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September 14, 2023 15:02

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Mogwai performs onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Coachella)

Celebrating Rosh Hashanah Sephardi-style, with cow's brains and quince jam

Three JC food writers share how their families welcome in the new Jewish year

By Victoria Prever

4 min read

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September 14, 2023 14:33

Quince jam is a Bulgarian treat

Recipe

Recipe: Apple, honey, fruit and nut Rosh Hashanah cigars

Traditional Tunisian treats get a new year spin for a crunchy honey-soaked crowd pleaser

By Fabienne Viner-Luzzato

September 14, 2023 14:30

Cook time: 50 minutes

Recipe: Apple, honey, fruit and nut Rosh Hashanah cigars

Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

80 years on from the Holocaust, it is the young who are our hope

On Rosh Hashanah, I think of a 14-year-old boy who so determined to survive that he, along with 150 others, dug himself out of a labour camp

2 min read

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September 14, 2023 14:11

Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

Armed guards to be stationed at every Jerusalem shul over Rosh Hashanah

Police in London have also boosted patrols for Jewish new year this weekend

1 min read

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September 14, 2023 13:56

Israeli police stand guard in Jerusalem's Old City following a reported stabbing attack on February 13, 2023. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Recipe

Recipe: Honey glazed apple tarts

The fastest dessert around - you can have them ready in minutes

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

September 14, 2023 12:00

Cook time: 15 - 28 minutes

Recipe: Honey glazed apple tarts

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