Come early fall—still late summer in Israel—pomegranates and citrus fruits stud the shuk stalls, and I use the colorful bounty to inspire my Sukkot cooking.

The way I find myself connecting to my great grandmother is through baking, especially her Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Coffee Cake and Apple and Cinnamon Sweet Noodle Kugel.

Roasted Nuts in Honey, Honey-Infused Whisky and an Israeli-Style Turkish Coffee Mix are delicious and deceptively easy to prepare for friends and loved ones.

Kenden Alfond's Rosh Hashanah couscous side dish of baked pumpkin and apple is reminiscent of a New England autumn.

A serendipitous visit to an aging synagogue helped one woman recover the joy of the holiday.

Salted maple challah, white wine brisket and a bright, sunny tzimmes all come courtesy of Naama Shefi's Jewish Food Society.

Fill your holiday table with updated Israeli translations of chopped liver, potato kugel and honey cake—plus a gorgeous and simple jeweled Persian rice dish.

In Israel and the United States, the greatest threat Jews face is the tendency to create divisions and look at brothers and sisters as others.