NEW YORK (JTA) — The holiday of Sukkot isn’t complete without a lulav and an etrog, the four species that Jews are commanded to wave on the harvest holiday. But according to a new book, it wasn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Farmer Greg Kirkpatrick checks a citron hanging from a tree at Lindcove Ranch. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) The citron is an ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (JTA) — Rebecca Kanthor, a member of a progressive Jewish community in Shanghai, knows that she can easily order lulavs and etrogs in a few clicks online. Kanthor, who belongs to ...

Give a citron to the average cook, and she’ll see a bumpy-skinned citrus fruit with a fragrant peel. She might stir the grated zest into cake batter, shave it onto salads, boil it into marmalade or ...

To read more articles from The Media Line, click here. For seven days each year, a decorated four-walled hut becomes home for the festive holiday of Sukkot, celebrated by Jews the world over. The ...

When is a piece of fruit more than a piece of fruit? The history and meaning of the etrog is explored in a new book. The etrog (citron) has a surprisingly lofty standing in Jewish law, literature, ...

If I have one wish for Sukkot, my favorite Jewish holiday, it’s this: no more plastic fruit. Each year, Jewish people are commanded to fulfill the mitzvah of building a sukkah — a temporary shelter in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural materials like palm fronds, tree branches or reeds typically create the top of the sukkah. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ...

The peach dumpling I’m eating as I write this looks like a starchy, speckled globe: a whole peach, wrapped in a dumpling shell and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. It’s certainly tasty, but it’s not as ...

The citron is an unusual fruit. It's an ancient citrus varietal, one that's lumpy, wrinkly and somewhat oblong. You won't find it in most grocery stores. It's not a La Croix flavor. It isn't showing ...