Rabbinical authorities have long debated the authenticity of Asian etrogs — even though the fruit originated in southwest China. TAIPEI, Taiwan (JTA) — Rebecca Kanthor, a member of a ...

NO matter what you offer a family in mourning, the gesture will be appreciated. But taking the extra step to determine what they need speaks volumes. Jewish holidays usually follow the same story ...

These recipes have shaped the foods that American Jews have eaten, guiding what scholars call "vernacular religion," or religion as it is lived. Jewish American cookbooks across the 20th century ...

It first appears in the Mishna (around 200 CE), not as a festival but simply as a date marking the calculation of tithes for fruit trees. Over the years, in the Jewish Diaspora, poets composed hym ...

Each year, the Jewish calendar marks the new year for trees with Tu B’Shvat, this year celebrated on Feb. 13. This date establishes the cutoff for defining fruits as part of a specific harvest ...