Rosh Hashana | Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

At long last, a new year has arrived! Cleanse yourself of the disaster that was this past year and welcome in 5781 by casting your transgressions into the water with Moishe House at Schenley Park! This event will be entirely outdoors and guests are expected to follow our safety guidelines. We will provide both guided…

Join YAD for a sweet bee-ginning of the new year event with honey tasting and a beekeeping lesson with local apiary, Pittsburgh Honey. We’ll be sampling 3 different types of honey and learning all about the busy lives of bees. Register online to receive the zoom link before the event. To participate in the honey…

Mums and More! Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden is having a Fall flower, apple, honey, and wine sale to raise funds for the Biblical Botanical Garden! Get everything you need for the start of your High Holidays. Help support the maintenance of our beautiful garden by purchasing locally sourced honey, Soergel’s apples, mums, and kosher…

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Join us for a Rosh Hashanah picnic at Schenley Park to welcome the new year. Burgers, hotdogs, and veggie burgers, oh my! Please bring your favorite side to share. And for dessert, a very special apple and honey tasting. Can you tell the difference between macintosh and gala? We welcome Jewish young adults of all…

A Rosh Hashana Farmers Market. Designed for children ages 3-11. Kids will get a fresh start to the year by visiting booths were they will explore holiday culinary themes with unique recipes for artisan challah, apple mocktails, carrot cake pops and a holiday fruit salad. They will also craft a New Years card. For more…

Prepping Challah bread that will be donated to the Squirrel Hill Food Pantry.

Kids bake honey cupcakes to take home and also to donate.

This Sunday, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Shalom Pittsburgh program that conducts outreach and engagement to young adults will hold its 6th Annual Apples and Honey Festival in Schenley Park. The weather forecast looks absolutely fantastic. For those coming in from the South Hills – traffic should be much lighter than it has been…

9/11, Shabbat and Rosh Hashana are all smooshed together in my mind. I’m thinking about the New Year with new possibilities. The apples and honey and my wife’s honey cake will all be devoured starting on Sunday night in the expectation of a sweet year. But today, hours before the restfulness of Shabbat settles in,…