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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The apples were sweet. The honey was sweet. Mix them together and &#8230;.</p><p>&#8220;You&#8217;re wishing for a good year, a sweet year,&#8221; Charlotte Klavonski, of Plymouth, explained as nine women prepared a healthy New Year&#8217;s treat at the Jewish Community Center on Wednesday morning.</p><p>Members of the local Jewish community celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Hebrew year 5779, from sundown Sunday to sundown Tuesday in various ways.</p><p>&#8220;We went to Temple,&#8221; Evelyn Orlov, of Wilkes-Barre Township, said.</p><p>&#8220;I made a brisket,&#8221; Marsha Spear, of Shavertown, said.</p><p>Apples and honey are a traditional part of the celebration as well, and on Wednesday, when the center reopened after a two-day holiday break, the Jewish Community Alliance&#8217;s director for adult and cultural services Barbara Sugarman had gala, Cortland, ginger gold and honey crisp apples ready for people who wanted to make their own desserts.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re starting to add new programs,&#8221; she said of the new, monthly cooking class. &#8220;We want people to come in the morning and stay all day.&#8221;</p><p>Other new programs, designed mostly for retirees who are able to visit the JCC during the day, include an ice cream social planned for 12:30 p.m. Sept. 26, a fall wreath craft-making session set for 11 a.m. Sept. 27 and line dancing at 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month (next one Oct. 10).</p><p>The second cooking class, planned for October, will feature &#8220;the perfect side dish,&#8221; shlishkes, which Sugarman described as seasoned mashed potatoes, rolled in bread crumbs and deep fried.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re starting with something simpler today,&#8221; she said as members of the first cooking class sliced the tops off their apples and used ice cream scoops to hollow the centers of the fruit.</p><p>&#8220;I should have brought my corer,&#8221; Pat Flynn of Wyoming said.</p><p>&#8220;Actually, corers don&#8217;t take out enough,&#8221; Sugarman said. &#8220;You want more room to put stuff in.&#8221;</p><p>The good stuff that went into the hollowed apples included walnuts, pecans and raisins, topped with a teaspoon of honey, a teaspoon of orange juice and some cinnamon.</p><p>Then the tops went back on, for a lid effect, and the apples headed to an oven to spend the next 20 minutes or so baking.</p><p>&#8220;Apples have vitamin C. That helps fight disease,&#8221; Sharon Matylewicz, the senior resource and wellness coordinator, pointed out.</p><p>&#8220;An apple a day keeps the doctor away,&#8221; Margaret Rydock, of West Nanticoke, said.</p><p>&#8220;Margaret is right,&#8221; Matylewicz said, adding that the fiber in apples is good for you, too. &#8220;Does anyone know where the fiber in apples is?&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;The skin,&#8221; said Marsha Spear, who had already proven she knows a lot of apple lore when she showed off the five-pointed &#8220;star&#8221; you can see inside an apple if you slice the core horizontally.</p><p>&#8220;Sept. 26 is Johnny Appleseed Day,&#8221; Spear added, reminiscing about how, when she taught in the Dallas School District, her students observed that day by enjoying apples &#8220;Brace&#8217;s Orchard was kind enough&#8221; to supply.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Retired teacher Marsha Spear of Shavertown uses an ice cream scoop to hollow an apple and will soon show off the &#8216;star&#8217; effect that cutting the core of an apple can reveal. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples5.jpg</photo0><caption0>Retired teacher Marsha Spear of Shavertown uses an ice cream scoop to hollow an apple and will soon show off the &#8216;star&#8217; effect that cutting the core of an apple can reveal. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Paper apples with messages for the new year cover a door at the JCC. Aimee Dilger|Times Leader </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples4.jpg</photo1><caption1>Paper apples with messages for the new year cover a door at the JCC. Aimee Dilger|Times Leader </caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Charlotte Klavonski measures honey to add to the apple. Apples and honey are traditionally served at Jewish New Year celebrations as a wish for sweetness and good things in the coming 12 months. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples3.jpg</photo2><caption2>Charlotte Klavonski measures honey to add to the apple. Apples and honey are traditionally served at Jewish New Year celebrations as a wish for sweetness and good things in the coming 12 months. </caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Nutritionist Sharon Matylewicz, at top left, laughs with a group of women doing a baked apple activity at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre. Next to her, from left, are Mildred Khan, Margaret Rydock and Pat Flynn all working on the apples while Barbara Sugarman, director of adult and cultural services, looks on. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples2.jpg</photo3><caption3>Nutritionist Sharon Matylewicz, at top left, laughs with a group of women doing a baked apple activity at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre. Next to her, from left, are Mildred Khan, Margaret Rydock and Pat Flynn all working on the apples while Barbara Sugarman, director of adult and cultural services, looks on. </caption3><photoCredit3></photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Charlotte Klavonski of Plymouth hands Evelyn Orlov of Wilkes-Barre Township a bowl of raisins to put into apples that a group of ladies made on Wednesday at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre. Members of the Jewish community wished each other &#8216;L&#8217;Shana Tova&#8217; this week as they celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Hebrew New Year. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL091318apples1.jpg</photo4><caption4>Charlotte Klavonski of Plymouth hands Evelyn Orlov of Wilkes-Barre Township a bowl of raisins to put into apples that a group of ladies made on Wednesday at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre. Members of the Jewish community wished each other &#8216;L&#8217;Shana Tova&#8217; this week as they celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Hebrew New Year. </caption4><photoCredit4></photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>JCC Cooking Class kicks off with Rosh Hashanah dessert</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mary Therese Biebel</p><p>mbiebel@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>MORE INFO </strong></p><p>For more information on programs at the Jewish Community Center, see jewishwilkes-barre.org or call 570-824-4646. The center is located at 60 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre </p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mary Therese Biebel at 570-991-6109 or on Twitter @BiebelMT</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Cooking class kicks off with baked apple treat at JCC in Wilkes-Barre