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A vandalized sukkah in Manhattan, graffitied with the slogan 'Free Gaza,' September 30, 2018. (ADL/Twitter)
October 1, 2018, 9:47 pm
Vandals graffiti ‘Free Gaza’ on Sukkah in Manhattan park
Police launch hate crime investigation; ADL says targeting of structure on religious holiday is ‘beyond the pale’
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of a woman decorating a sukkah at the Inbal Jerusalem Hotel on October 7, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 29, 2018, 8:36 am
In first, Bank of England erects sukkah for Jewish workers
UK’s central financial institution celebrates Jewish festival for the first time in its 324-year history
By JTA
Rachel Levy’s etrog in Utecht, the Netherlands. (JTA/Courtesy of NIK)
September 29, 2018, 12:14 am
Holland sees first naturally grown etrog fruit in decades
A scorching summer produces the country’s first citrus to be used for ceremonial purposes on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot
By JTA
Collage of the best sukkot on Instagram. (JTA)
September 28, 2018, 10:13 am
These are the best sukkahs on Instagram
Jews celebrate week-long festival in festival huts reflecting ‘different realities’ — including some made from Lego, magnetic tiles
By Lior Zaltzman
Spanish journalist Julio de la Guardia is brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court under suspicion of involvement in a fatal hit-and-run collision in Jerusalem, on September 24, 2018. (Flash90)
September 27, 2018, 4:50 am
Spanish suspect in Jerusalem hit-and-run was deported in 2011
Journalist Julio de la Guardia also briefly worked under false name for Iranian TV; is suspected of killing ultra-Orthodox pianist Chaim Tukachinsky
By TOI staff
Chaim Tukachinsky (YouTube screenshot)
September 26, 2018, 4:41 am
Jerusalem hit-and-run victim was an ultra-Orthodox pianist, composer
Chaim Tukachinsky, 31, laid to rest Tuesday; he was killed while walking back from Western Wall; suspected driver, a Spanish journalist, arrested
By TOI staff
Kites will fly at the Israel Museum's annual Kite Festival, held this year on September 25, 2018 (Courtesy Benny Maor)
September 24, 2018, 8:14 am
When a hut’s your home, Israel offers an abundance of fun activities
The Feast of Tabernacles brings a cornucopia of holiday events for those ready to venture out of their sukkah
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: A broken Sukkah (Israel police)
September 23, 2018, 5:13 pm
Israeli building sukkah falls from 4th floor, is saved by sukkah on ground floor
Jerusalem paramedics say sukkah built by neighbors of 24-year-old broke his fall as he plummeted from balcony, likely saving his life
By TOI staff
The temporary structure constructed by WeWork Jerusalem for the 2018 holiday of Sukkot, at the city's First Station (Courtesy Tzipora Lifchitz)
September 23, 2018, 3:23 am
WeWork constructs first-ever office sukkah at First Station
The work space company offers look at its typical setup, this time housed in a temporary booth
By Jessica Steinberg
Pastor Piet van Veldhuizen has lunch inside his congregation’s sukkah in the Netherlands, September 18, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
September 22, 2018, 12:23 pm
Why these Dutch Christians are celebrating Sukkot
With a rising awareness of the environment, an increasing number of Protestants embrace some Hebrew holidays as a commonality between Judaism and Christianity
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jewish merchants come from around the world to buy from Moroccan etrog growers like Mohammed Douch in Assads, September 8, 2015. (Ben Sales/JTA)
September 21, 2018, 8:20 am
How a Chinese fruit became a Sukkot symbol
A new book researched over a decade by Rabbi David Moster says that ancient Jews used any fruit on hand for the four species ritual, including pomegranates, dates, figs, or grapes
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative: Border Police officers stand at a checkpoint near Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs on January 19, 2018. (Border Police)
September 6, 2018, 9:41 pm
Israel to close West Bank, Gaza during upcoming holidays
Army announces all checkpoints, crossings will be shuttered on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, except for humanitarian cases
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A Jewish worshiper holds the four plant species as he attends the annual priestly blessing during the Sukkot holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 8, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2018, 2:49 am
Israel bans entry of Sukkot-related plants over disease fears
Agriculture Ministry insists prohibition is to prevent infection of crops and not to quash competition; task force to deploy at airport
By JTA
The city of Tel Aviv is offering 60 different tours of the city over the intermediate days of Sukkot to hotel guests (Courtesy City of Tel Aviv)
August 29, 2018, 5:32 am
In Sukkot extravaganza, Tel Aviv offers 60 tours in six days
Hotel guests in the coastal city will be able enjoy a vast range of free guided walks over the festival period
By Jessica Steinberg
Moroccan Jews and Israeli Jewish tourists participate in Simchat Torah festivities at a synagogue in Marrakesh on October 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)
October 31, 2017, 9:08 am
Historic Jewish quarter of Marrakesh sees revival
Tens of thousands of tourists flock to Morocco for festivals to boost tiny, elderly resident community
By Sophie Pons
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