Skipping Services... Again

By Zack Kushner

"I have a long and respectable history of having no plans for the High Holidays."

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The September Dilemma

By Jane Ulman

You can't do them at home, and there's no fall Christian holiday. How do interfaith families handle the quintessentially Jewish holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?

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Taking Candy from a Bubbe

By Samantha Facciolo

The key to her family's togetherness during the High Holidays has been food, even when she was stealing it from Grandma.

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The Worst Time of the Year to Be Introduced to the Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben

They're intimidating, inaccessible and occasionally incomprehensible. How do you ensure that your family's first trip to temple for the High Holidays isn't their last?

The High Holidays Without the One on High
By Michael Felsen

How to make a sacred celebration without God.

To Affiliate or Not?
By Tom Friedland

A cross-country move to be near interfaith grandkids has him pondering his family's level of Jewish involvement.

High Holiday Desserts for Vegans, the Lactose-Intolerant, Kosher-Keepers and Other Weirdos
By Linda Morel

Delicious non-dairy recipes for cupcakes, honey cake and carrot cake.

Pay to Pray? Synagogues Are Rethinking the Old High Holidays Formula
By Sue Fishkoff

More temples are letting non-members come to High Holidays services for free. Finally.

"In the Mix": Holy Moses! When Biblical Heroes Intermarry
By Julie Wiener

Scandal alert: some of the most revered figures from the Torah married non-Jews!

Interfaith Celebrities: CNN's Intermarried Beauties and E!'s Interfaith Ingenue
By Nate Bloom

Paula Zahn divorces her Jewish husband as her replacement marries one. Plus chatty hottie Chelsea Handler skewers celebrities.

Can the Reform Movement Build a Better Prayer Book?
By Rabbi Adam M. Morris

The new Reform siddur is officially debuting in time for the holidays. Is it an improvement over the old one?

High Holidays Children's Books for Interfaith Families
By Abby Spotts

A trio of titles for children--and their parents--looking to learn about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot.

A Good Sense of Taste
By Tracy Hahn-Burkett

An arts-and-crafts and recipes book for people who hate arts and crafts.