Rosh Hashanah

Returning to the mountain: A Rosh Hashanah homecoming in Safed

Safed has spent 500 years turning brokenness into renewal. Today, its ancient stone alleys hold a living landscape of healing, spirituality, art, food, and community.

AT HIS Safed Gallery of Mystical Art, Avraham Loewenthal converts the four traditional shofar blasts, tekiah, shevarim, teruah, and tekiah gedolah, into sound-mapped digital paintings, each canvas built from the frequency patterns of the ancient call.
Belvoir National Park.

The best family trips and nature routes for Rosh Hashanah

Tenne.

Tenne offers gourmet kosher food for effortless holiday hosting - review

YOU CAN make a toast for the New Year with a good sparkling wine, like Yarden Brut Rose.

Wine talk: Eat well, drink well


The second year: Anticipating the Jewish High Holidays after experiencing grief and loss

Some days are easier than others, and thankfully, while occurring infrequently, there are times when I feel angry, sad, mad, frustrated, and a host of other less positive feelings.

EMOTIONAL SCARS remain. Illustration of a woman with a puzzle-piece shaped hole in her chest, with the corresponsing puzzle piece seen floating beside her.

In the kitchen with Henny: Sweetness in every course

FROM THE first bite to the last spoonful, these recipes let us enjoy the simanim throughout the meal, not just at the beginning.

Henny Shor.

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Israeli scientists find carp can resist a deadly virus

For carp farmers around the world, the holiday favorite has a serious enemy: they are susceptible to several serious viral, parasitic, and bacterial diseases that can reduce their numbers.

Prof. Lior David holds a small fishbowl with carps.

Your Investments: No need to go looking for financial independence

Stop looking for the answer somewhere far away. It may be much closer than we think.

A screen showing stock prices is seen at the entrance to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, June 2, 2026

Chocolate-espresso and pistachio-kadaif honey cakes arrive for Rosh Hashanah

From pistachio-kadaif to chocolate-espresso, Maafe Ne’eman is expanding its holiday collection as honey cake demand jumps 15.5%.

Maafe Ne’eman reports a 15.5% rise in demand and responds with a larger classic cake, a lower price and new pistachio-kadaif flavors.

Trump to meet anti-Israel Hasidic rebbes at White House, raising concerns over IDF draft

Belaaz reported that the rebbes will hold brief individual meetings with Trump, followed by a possible roundtable, to discuss issues affecting the ultra-Orthodox community, including IDF draft.

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.

A world of Jewish flavors for Rosh Hashanah

From global traditions to digital kitchens: How worldly flavors and creative recipes are redefining the modern Rosh Hashanah table.

Simply Saucy Brisket from the Dining In Cookbook of Kosher.com

The shofar call that turned a curious Arizona student toward Judaism, marriage and aliyah

A chance encounter with a Chabad rabbi and the sound of the shofar awakened Yosef Turtora's Jewish identity, setting him on a journey from Arizona back to his birthplace in Israel.

WITH WIFE Shoshana.

Before Rosh Hashanah, Elul asks us to practice, persevere, and rise a little each day

A shofar that would not sound and Shahar Pe'er's refusal to quit offer an Elul lesson in perseverance, inner strength and preparing for the Jewish New Year one day at a time.

Film strip frame: Soldier blows a shofar (1948-era).

As a new year begins, we prepare for the emergencies we pray never come

"We do not prepare because we want disaster to come. We prepare because if it does, someone has to be ready."

Dubi Weissenstern