I first met Alon Shaya when he was a lanky, handsome youth at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, NY. He radiated excitement and enthusiasm. He was a student in one of the finest …
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By Ethel G. Hofman
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9/6/23
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It is now time to switch gears from summer relaxation to the holidays, which are mostly on weekends this year, with Shabbat adding to the cooking challenges.
My beloved grandmother cooked so …
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By Joni Schockett
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8/30/23
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This June, I was privileged to hear an American lieutenant-general studying at the Israel Defense College speak about American patriotism and the lack thereof. He said he was saddened that he …
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By Eric Mandel
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6/28/23
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Fun (and some bonfire smoke) filled Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park on Lag B’Omer. Fun in the park continues this Sunday, 12:30 to 5 pm, at the annual Kulanu Fair.
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5/18/23
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Of the three major festivals on the Jewish religious calendar, Shavuot is the shortest, with a one-day observance in Israel and two days in the Diaspora. However, when we consider that this holiday …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/18/23
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Every time 17-year-old Adrian Maydanich passed grocery-store shelves overflowing with kosher-for-Passover food in his Baltimore community, he stopped in his tracks. He could not stop thinking of …
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By Howard Blas, JNS
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3/29/23
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A woman pushed her shopping cart down an aisle filled with Passover foods in a supermarket in northern New Jersey. She lifted a box of kosher-for-Passover soup mandle off the shelf and started to …
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By Faygie Holt, JNS
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3/29/23
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Pesach commemorates events that clearly defined our people’s history and purpose. So, when I happened upon a commentary on a Haggadah whose author’s name brings to mind events in my past, …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/22/23
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State Attorney General Letitia James is alerting New Yorkers to be cautious of discriminatory pricing practices at car washes in advance of Passover. In previous years, car wash businesses in …
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3/22/23
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Wherefore is this Haggadah diff’rent from all oth’r Haggadahs?
Martin Bodek, author of the “Emoji Haggadah,” “Festivus Haggadah” and “Coronavirus …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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3/8/23
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