Bad news of antisemitism in Edison, New Jersey, good news of new sanctuary at Highland Park Conservative Temple, an etrog with a gartel and a billowy aravot tree

Flowers at Howell Living History Farm in western New Jersey, one photos in sepia and one in full color

Batya blogged the Kosher Cooking Carnival (KCC) with Zwetschgenkuchen, insects and solet. Anyone cooking for Sukkot? What’s on the menu?

By the end of September rudbeckia or black-eyed susans develop a worn look but also a reddish glow inside the yellow petals.

The liturgy of Sephardi Jews is different from that of Ashkenazi Jews for Yom Kippur. It is customary to ask forgiveness of others before Yom Kippur.

A bouquet of farm fresh flowers, watercolor painting, a movie about breast cancer called FLAT, healing a fractured world, permalinks, and wishing you a meaningful and not so easy fast