- April 4, 2025
-
-
Loading
Two-year-old Sarah Saft decorates a new year card she’s made during Rosen JCC’s Apple and Honey event.
Kendall Timmer, 2, prepares round challahs.
Traditionally, “challah” rolls are eaten for a for “Rosh Hashanah,” which is the Jewish new year.
Two-year-old Jacob Gayle is in full concentration mode as he carefully places raisins on top of his challah roll.
Kids dance to the tune of traditional songs played for “Rosh Hashanah.”
A child makes a new year wish and hangs it on an apple tree. Apples are symbolic for the holiday because they are dipped in honey to wish for a sweet new year.
Liam Buza, 4, and Max Buza, 2, join the table to make their own challah rolls.
Alyssa Weiner, 6, creates new year cards which will be sent to the Jewish Pavilion.
To get a head start on celebrations of the Jewish new year –Rosh Hashanah – Rosen JCC hosted a small family gathering Sept. 15 to serve as a pre-party for the annual holiday.
After some dinner, the kids were invited to participate in activities held at 3 different stations. The first station allowed the children to create new year cards which will be given to elderly at the Jewish Pavilion.
The second station encouraged kids to make round challahs, a popular, sweet pastry commonly eaten during the new year, and the third station permitted kids to write their new years wishes for their friends and family and hang them up on an apple tree poster.
This year, Rosh Hashanah will be held from the evening of Oct. 2 to Oct. 4.
