Fall Favorites

For me, fall is the time to think of creative, eclectic dishes, since local summer produce is no longer at its best. The recipes below…

Chag HaSukkot is unquestionably one of our most enjoyable holidays. Preparation, however, is something else.

“I never won anything in my life,” says Ken Ulfeng, 67, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin. But that didn’t stop this retired electrical engineer/entrepreneur from entering the…

  Some years ago, I attended services in a large, impressive-looking synagogue in a New York suburb. But while the actual building was quite magnificent,…

Years ago, a prominent London rabbi visited the town where I was learning. I called upon him at the home of his mother, the widow…

When each issue of Jewish Action hits the newsstands, I eagerly—though somewhat guardedly—await the inevitable feedback from readers. We, of course, thoroughly appreciate the thoughtful…

If you don’t already own a shofar, it’s better to first learn how to blow on a borrowed shofar before buying one. When you do…

“It Shall Be a Day of Sounding the Shofar for You” (Bemidbar 29:1) Most of us fulfill the mitzvah of tekiat shofar by passively listening…

I often hear people talk about the awakening power of the sound of the shofar—how awesome a moment, how inspiring an experience it is for…

Nine years ago, Jewish Action published a fierce debate on the validity of the Torah Codes. Emotions ran high as the debate touched a raw…