SEPTEMBER 11-21, 2026 IN L.A.
Every year, NuRoots’ citywide High Holy Days festival is ten days of Jewish connection, creativity, and renewal. Thank you for gathering with us across Los Angeles for immersive experiences, meaningful ritual, community-hosted meals, and fresh ways to return to yourself, one another, and the possibility of beginning again.
This page is a recap of our beautiful 2026 festival.
See you again next year.
Beauty is a spark. A breath. A reminder that this life, in all its messy and sacred humanity, is beautiful simply because we are here, alive together.
NuComers Brunch: Last Bite
This Life Is Beautiful
At our signature Sweet Return event, Gen Z Angelenos came together for one last bite of Sweet Return before Yom Kippur, and a beautiful morning of food, friendship, and fresh beginnings.
NuComers Brunch created space for people finding their place in Jewish LA to arrive as they were, meet someone nu, and experience the joy of being welcomed into community.
Shabbat Superhosting
We Found Beauty Across LA
Across Los Angeles, Sweet Return Superhosts opened their homes and brought people together around welcoming Shabbat tables.
These community-created dinners reminded us that some of the most meaningful moments begin simply: with an invitation, a shared meal, and the willingness to make room for someone else. Around these tables, strangers became neighbors and a sprawling city felt a little more like home.
Thank you to every Superhost who shared their creativity, care, and hospitality with the NuRoots community.We Found Beauty Across LA
Sweet Return Partner Events
Beauty Is Something We Create Together
Our community partners helped Sweet Return reach neighborhoods and communities throughout Los Angeles, creating experiences rooted in reflection, creativity, celebration, and connection.
Each gathering offered its own way to enter the High Holy Days. Together, they reflected the diversity and beauty of Jewish life in L.A., and showed what’s possible when we create in community.
Thank you to every partner and collaborator who brought Sweet Return to life.
1. Rosh Hashanah Festive Dinners | AishLIT
2. Dulce Cultura | Jewtina y Co
3. Asian Art Rosh Hashanah | LUNAR
4. Sunset Picnic in Hollywood | Adamah LA
5. Stories for the New Year | Jewish Plays Project
6. The Art of Return: Creative Exploration for Rosh Hashanah | The Jewish Studio Project
7. Taste of Renewal: High Holiday Vegan Cooking Experience | Jewish Vegan Life
8. Shaping the Year Ahead: A High Holiday Pottery Experience | Base LA
9. The Torah of Return: A Teshuvah Beit Midrash | Hadar
10. Jewish New Years Party | ShalomLA
11. Queer the New Year | JQ International
12. High Holy Dance | Jewish Movement Collective
13. Candlelight Storytelling: Begin Again | The Braid
14. Wags & Walks | Repair the World
Thank you to our partners for these photos - including Theo Emerson for the Jewish Plays Project photos and Shulamit Photo + Video for the Repair the World photos.
NuComers Brunch: Last Bite | NuRoots
Nu to LA, NuRoots, or looking for nu community? This is the place to be. Our signature event welcomes you into the nu year with beauty and joy.
Wags & Walks | Repair the World
Put compassion into action through hands-on service supporting rescue dogs while reflecting on teshuvah, collective responsibility, and the Jewish imperative to care for all living beings.
High Holy Dance | Jewish Movement Collective
Move joyfully into the New Year with guided dance, live music, and ritual theater inspired by ancient Jewish tradition.
Candlelight Storytelling: Begin Again | The Braid
Step into the new year with true Jewish stories, dinner, a restorative sound bath, and a reimagined tashlich ritual centered on self-care, release, and fresh possibilities.
Queer the New Year | JQ International
Celebrate renewal, rejuvenation, and queer Jewish possibility at a welcoming Shabbat gathering filled with meaningful ritual, engaging programming, and joyful connection.
Superhosting | NuRoots & OneTable
Welcome the new year around the Shabbat table with intimate, community-hosted dinners across Los Angeles, powered by NuRoots and OneTable.
The Torah of Return: A Teshuvah Beit Midrash | Hadar
What does it truly mean to return, repair, and begin again? Explore the Torah of teshuvah in a welcoming pop-up study hall with food, drinks, and no prior experience required.
Jewish New Years Party | ShalomLA
Kick off the Jewish new year with a high-energy, Y2K-inspired night of music, drinks, dancing, and playful Rosh Hashanah touches designed for meeting new people.
Shaping the Year Ahead: A High Holiday Pottery Experience | Base LA
Study an evocative High Holiday prayer, explore transformation through a hands-on pottery workshop, and create a ceramic honey bowl for the year ahead.
Register for an account with Base Los Angeles here.
Once registered, sign up for this gathering here.
The Art of Return: Creative Exploration for Rosh Hashanah | The Jewish Studio Project
Explore the High Holiday themes of return and forgiveness through Jewish learning, personal reflection, and open-ended artmaking—no creative or Jewish background required.
A Taste of Renewal: High Holiday Vegan Cooking Experience | Jewish Vegan Life
Cook and share a seasonal plant-based meal with a professional chef while exploring how food, tradition, and everyday choices can express our values in the new year.
Stories for the New Year: New Jewish Plays, Conversation & Community | Jewish Plays Project
Experience excerpts from two new plays by LA Jewish playwrights, brought to life by audience volunteers and followed by thoughtful conversation, High Holiday-inspired food, and community.
Sunset Picnic in Hollywood | Adamah LA
Gather at sunset for a relaxed picnic filled with beautiful views, delicious food, music, and meaningful conversation about gratitude, community, and the world around us.
Asian Art Rosh Hashanah | LUNAR
Explore Rosh Hashanah through Asian art, reflective conversation, music, a picnic, and the sounding of the shofar alongside Asian Jews and allies.
Rosh Hashanah Festive Dinner #2 | AishLIT
Welcome the new year with a festive three-course dinner, a traditional Rosh Hashanah seder, meaningful learning, and the warmth of the aishLIT community.
Dulce Cultura | Jewtina y Co
Celebrate the sweetness of the new year at an intimate Latin Jewish seder weaving together Central American cuisine, cherished traditions, personal stories, and joyful community.
Rosh Hashanah Festive Dinner #1 | AishLIT
Welcome the new year with a festive three-course dinner, a traditional Rosh Hashanah seder, meaningful learning, and the warmth of the aishLIT community.