Mac and cheese is one of those comfort food dishes that is sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
So when my co-workers suggested I try a mac and cheese made with Israeli couscous instead …
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By Shannon Sarna, Nosher via JTA
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7/12/17
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TEL AVIV — He’s charismatic. He’s an outsider. And he’s a political centrist.
Some have hailed Avi Gabbay, the telecom exec who was elected on Monday to lead the …
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By Andrew Tobin, JTA
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7/12/17
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AMSTERDAM — Livraria Ets Haim is the world’s oldest functioning Jewish library. As such, it is no stranger to the prospect of imminent destruction. …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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7/12/17
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The United Nations cultural body UNESCO last week passed a resolution declaring Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs as an endangered Palestinian heritage site, in the latest example of what legal …
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By Alex Traiman, JNS.org
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7/12/17
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ERUSALEM — While liberal American Jews may be invested in their years-long campaign to establish egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall, another group has been gained traction by setting their …
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By Andrew Tobin, JTA
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7/12/17
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Did we really have a choice at Sinai, when we said “na’aseh v’nishma” before accepting the Torah? The text reads that a huge mountain was held over our heads — that …
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6/28/17
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Lisa Septimus, speaking on “Where do babies come from? Addressing grownup matters with children,” opened with a teaching in which Rav Kahuna, hiding under Rav’s bed, hears the Rav …
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By Celia Weintrob
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6/28/17
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In her talk on “How to truly be sameach b’chelko” when finding your bashert, Esther Wein notes that our zivug (soulmate) is supposed to be predestined — that at the moment of …
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6/28/17
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Babies do not come with an instruction manual, so it is imperative that we understand what we are trying to accomplish in all we invest in the next generation, Debbie Greenblatt said.
The Mesilas …
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By Celia Weintrob
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6/28/17
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One of the nagging questions parents face as they grow a family is how to raise successful children. In his shiur on that subject, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, mora d’asra of the Young Israel of …
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By Daniel Maron
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6/28/17
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