(JTA) — ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — My backyard is perfect for a sukkah. I can walk right off the deck into my yard, which is surrounded by my garden and the autumnal woods. There is easy access to ...

After you break the fast, it’s time to break out the tools. One of the most authentic ways to celebrate this ancient harvest festival is to build a sukkah (booth) of your own. Today, the celebration ...

Why is it that Sukkot always has a way of sneaking up on us? No matter what day the holiday falls on, Neil and I always find ourselves in the sukkah at midnight, still putting on the final touches. In ...

Community members gathered at Jewish farm Urban Adamah on Sunday to celebrate week-long Jewish harvest festival Sukkot with a sukkah-building competition. This is the first year the farm has hosted ...

If I have one wish for Sukkot, my favorite Jewish holiday, it’s this: no more plastic fruit. Each year, Jewish people are commanded to fulfill the mitzvah of building a sukkah — a temporary shelter in ...

Members of Temple Isaiah, which donated the sukkah, travelled over 350 miles to help with its construction. When the Eaton wildfires in Southern California razed the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center ...

In the front yard of the Oregon Hillel house on Hilyard Street stands a small house of sorts — one with sheets for walls, a roof made of plants and vines and trim comprised of bananas, apples and ...

Many people in Asheville are living in temporary dwellings out of necessity after Hurricane Helene. ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — My backyard is perfect for a sukkah. I can walk right off the deck into ...