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Clara Grusq finds Healing in Jewish Art

Clara Grusq is a Jewish multidisciplinary artist, writer, and creative director based in New York. Born in Paris, France, and descended from Holocaust survivors and resistants of the Algerian War, Clara brings a deeply personal and historical perspective to her work. She made her Off-Broadway debut at the Actor鈥檚 Temple with the second run of her first play, The Oath.

Hillels Celebrate the Fall Holidays with Food, Friends, Fun, and Festivities

Whether the High Holidays come at the start of the semester or run into midterms, a month of five back-to-back holidays means lots of activity at campus Hillels 鈥 and tons of opportunities for Jewish students to get involved. For first-years, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are often their first holidays away from home, while […]

Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah 101

Why celebrate one Jewish holiday when you can celebrate four?! After a month of observing the holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, the Jewish calendar finally lands on Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, a combined celebration that marks the end of the High Holidays.聽

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Sukkot 101

Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is one of the three major holidays during the Jewish calendar (the other two are Passover and Shavuot). The word 鈥淪ukkot鈥 means 鈥渂ooths鈥 or 鈥渉uts,鈥 and refers to the structures many Jewish families and communities build to represent the temporary dwellings the Israelites lived in after their escape from Egypt.聽