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Sukkah

A seasonal sukkah on view at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or-Yehuda, Israel. Credit: Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center.

This Sukkot, Sarah Sassoon will celebrate in an Iraqi sukkah, with Czech candlesticks

The Israeli writer, who comes from a prominent Iraqi family, is working on two new books about Jews of Babylonian ancestry.

September 21, 2023

The world's largest sukkah is set to open at Safra Square in Jerusalem. Photo by Arnon Bossani.

World’s largest sukkah returns to Jerusalem

The structure outside city hall will have a capacity of 650 people.

September 20, 2023

Israeli forces engaged in counter-terror operations in Jenin, Sept. 27, 2022. Credit: IDF.

Suspect arrested in Beit El sukkah shooting

Muhammad Oden was taken into custody along with two other Palestinians, who are believed to have facilitated the attack.

October 16, 2022

Sukkah decorations for sale in Jerusalem, September 2022. Photo by Judy Lash Balint.

Sukkot is made to be celebrated in Israel

The clang of metal poles and the sounds of hammering are everywhere as Jerusalem’s apartment dwellers hurry to build their sukkot and squeeze them into small spaces.

Judy Lash Balint

October 6, 2022

A sukkah on an Israeli army vehicle in the Golan during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Photo by Nathan Fendrich, Courtesy of the Pritzker Family National Photography Collection at National Library of Israel.

National Library of Israel releases rare photographs of Sukkot during 1973 war

Many forget that the holiday, which begins a few days after Yom Kippur, also fell during the height of the fighting.

September 23, 2021

The Machane Yehuda outdoor market in Jerusalem was bustling as Israelis prepared for the upcoming Sukkot holiday on Sept. 20, 2021. Photo by Eliana Rudee.

Snapshots of Sukkot

During ancient times, Sukkot was one of three pilgrimage festivals, where Jews were commanded to ascend to the Temple.

September 20, 2021

Colel Chabad has set up a public sukkah in Tzfat, in northern Israel, for use during the Sukkot holiday, September 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli seniors, widows receive packages of food, help building sukkahs for holiday

Colel Chabad has also set up sukkahs at its 18 soup kitchens nationwide for those looking for a place to eat their meals.

September 19, 2021

A full cheese fondue set in Switzerland. Apart from pieces of bread to dip into the melted cheese, it comes with side servings of kirsch, raw garlic, olives, pickled gherkins and baby onions. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Bring on the fondue for a savory Sukkot

Once a way to use up old cheese and stale bread, it became the “go-to” dinner-party dish in the 1960s and ’70s.

Ethel G. Hofman

September 18, 2021

A view of a sukkah. Credit: jennylipets/Shutterstock.

‘If you build it, they will come’: The blessings of the holiday sukkah

Besides a place of blessing, the sukkah was designed to be truly lived in, including working or doing homework, sleeping, and, of course, eating (and for hosting friends and family).

Deborah Fineblum

September 15, 2021