Sukkot
Rabbi Phil Bressler, of Beit Am in Corvallis, Ore., at the Oregon Hillel Foundation’s new sukkah after its previous one was stolen on either Sept. 28 or 29, 2026. (Credit: Courtesy of the Oregon Hillel Foundation)
Campus crime
Everything literally under the sukkah was taken,’ Oregon Hillel says of holiday theft
By Aaron Bandler | JNS
“The feeling that our new home could be desecrated so quickly—really unsettling and really sad,” Lenny Steinberg, of the Hillel, told JNS.
Rabbi Phil Bressler, of Beit Am in Corvallis, Ore., at the Oregon Hillel Foundation’s new sukkah after its previous one was stolen on either Sept. 28 or 29, 2026. (Credit: Courtesy of the Oregon Hillel Foundation)
October 2, 2026, 12:20 pm
Everything literally under the sukkah was taken,’ Oregon Hillel says of holiday theft
“The feeling that our new home could be desecrated so quickly—really unsettling and really sad,” Lenny Steinberg, of the Hillel, told JNS.
By Aaron Bandler | JNS
The walls of Carl Fertman and Barb Murock's sukkah tell a decades-long story. (Photo courtesy of Carl Fertman)
September 22, 2026, 10:59 pm
Decorated, drawn on and filled with guests, Pittsburgh sukkahs share communal story
This is a way of being 'very public about being Jewish, and about being proud of being Jewish. And I think that's a wonderful thing that we want to celebrate'
By Adam Reinherz
Symbols of the Jewish holiday Sukkot with candle and wine glass (Photo by denisgo via iStock)
September 17, 2026, 1:04 pm
For Sukkot, raise a glass to natural wine
Sukkot is arguably one of the most social Jewish holidays, given its spirit of inviting all under the sukkah, so there’s almost no wrong answer for a Sukkot bottle.
By Emma Riva
New Jewish children's books released for the High Holidays in 2026 include ones about awe, tashlich and apologizing for burping. (Image courtesy of JTA)
August 21, 2026, 9:35 am
From fake burps to reverse tashlich, new children’s books bring the High Holidays to life
A bumper crop of new books for 2026 includes several focused on Sukkot.
By Penny Schwartz
October 8, 2025, 8:42 pm
Chronicle poll results: The meaning of the four species
We asked our readers if they knew the meaning of Sukkot's four species. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
A young family standing outside the modest sukkah they built for the holiday, Israel, 1949 (Photo courtesy of the Government Press Office, Israel, via Wikimedia Commons)
October 1, 2025, 9:35 am
The season of our rejoicing
The Water Drawing Ceremony and more
By Tim Miller
September 30, 2025, 2:30 pm
Chronicle poll question
Do you know the meaning behind the four species (lulav, etrog, hadas, aravah)?
An anti-Zionist Jewish group constructs a "Gaza solidarity sukkah" on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, for the holiday of Sukkot, 2024. (Courtesy of Jewish Voice for Peace)
November 3, 2024, 11:30 am
How ‘Gaza solidarity sukkahs’ became a flashpoint for debates about anti-Zionist Jewish observance
Jewish students, many aligned with JVP, built structures for Sukkot that also served as protests against Israel.
By Andrew Lapin
October 23, 2024, 10:34 am
Chronicle poll results: Sleeping in a sukkah
We asked our readers if they have ever slept in a sukkah. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
October 15, 2024, 3:45 pm
Chronicle poll question
Have you ever slept in a sukkah?
Plenty of space for young Jewish leaders. (Photo courtesy of Chabad House on Campus)
October 6, 2024, 7:36 am
Sukkot on campus arriving with joy, concern and preparation
'We cannot lose focus on the joy and celebration of Sukkot, of being in community and celebrating our Judaism'
By Adam Reinherz
(Photo by PhotoMIX Company via Pexels)
September 9, 2024, 2:09 pm
Kosher wines to complement the fall holidays
Here are suggestions for richer, fuller-bodied wines that pair well with hearty fall foods and Jewish holidays like Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot and Simchat Torah.
By Uriel Marcovitz
Sukkah (Photo by beth h via Flickr at https://rb.gy/yo9ha)
September 28, 2023, 8:23 pm
The Jewish holiday that reminds me of my conversion
I have the privilege of being uber-Jewish because my complex Jewish experience is inherently filled with lots of navel gazing.
By Winnie Hahn
Steps in rolling sweet and sour cabbage (Photos by Jessica Grann)
September 26, 2023, 2:13 pm
Sweet and sour cabbage for Sukkot
Stuffed cabbage is typically plated with two rolls per plate, which represent a Torah scroll — that’s why this is such a cute dish to serve on Sukkot or Simchat Torah.
By Jessica Grann
Sukkah at night. Photo via iStock-471207521
September 26, 2023, 12:13 pm
Lessons of Sukkot shared by Pittsburgh’s clergy and educators
How a hut can offer insights this season
By Adam Reinherz
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