Holidays

Food
Inside the Mexican Jewish ‘Cocina’
New cookbooks from Mexico offer treasured family recipes with modern techniques.

New cookbooks from Mexico offer treasured family recipes with modern techniques.
Food
Vegetables Take Center Stage at the Jewish Holiday Table
A handful of new cookbooks prove that vegetables have been integral to Jewish food traditions for centuries.

A handful of new cookbooks prove that vegetables have been integral to Jewish food traditions for centuries.
Food
High Holiday Recipes From Israeli Bloggers
A number of Israeli women have harnessed the power of social media and other virtual spheres to launch and grow their careers in food.

A number of Israeli women have harnessed the power of social media and other virtual spheres to launch and grow their careers in food.
Environmental Justice Through a Jewish Lens
Let’s make bold plans to protect the earth together.

Let’s make bold plans to protect the earth together.
Food
Challah Stuffed With Sweet and Savory Fillings
The most exciting part about eating a stuffed challah is slicing or tearing the bread open to discover the sweet or savory filling.

The most exciting part about eating a stuffed challah is slicing or tearing the bread open to discover the sweet or savory filling.

Being Jewish

Both a Religion and a Nationality

by Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy

Judaism and Zionism have many faces—as do anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism.

Holidays

Jewish Tradition Is the Ultimate Renewable Energy

by Adina Lewittes

This New Year, as most Jews enter sanctuaries with the push of a button, let’s travel there fueled by clean, pure, renewable Jewish energy.

Holidays

This Is the First Time I’ve Had to Plan a Seder

by Maya Mirsky

Yes, this Gen X Jew has been to a lot of seders, but always as a guest. I’ve never actually had to plan one.

Holidays

Should We Be Shopping for Passover or the Pandemic?

by Renee Reizman | JTA

More concerning than the pantry is what coronavirus will do to the seder. The pandemic may alter Passover tradition, we’ll still find a way to feast.

Holidays

Some Orthodox Rabbis in Israel Approve Virtual Seders

by Marcy Oster | JTA

The rabbis compared the use of the technology for the seder to the permission to provide life-saving treatment on Shabbat.

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Passover and the Power of a Well-Placed Banana

by Rabba Sara Hurwitz

It’s hard to evoke the suffering caused by events that may have taken place thousands of years ago, but this homemade Haggadah and that banana had nailed it.