With COVID numbers down, and more family and friends expected at Passover seders, hosts seem to be going all out this year with homemade cooking.
They likely won’t …
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By Alan Zeitlin, JNS
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4/25/22
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Purim, which begins at sunset on Wednesday, March 16 — the 14th day of Adar — is the most jubilant holiday on the Jewish calendar, a celebration of good over evil, the defeat of …
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By Ethel G. Hofman
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3/9/22
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While Shabbat comes every week, bringing rest to Jewish families everywhere, it’s always exciting to be told that a new spice and flavor may be added to our Friday nights. This is …
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By Dovid Zaklikowski
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3/9/22
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In many homes, Super Bowl Sunday — Feb. 13 — has taken on the characteristics of a holiday, right down to the rituals and foods associated with the big day.
Despite the lingering …
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By Joni Schockett
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2/4/22
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Online restaurant reviews are the latest battleground for anti-Israel activists who recently targeted a kosher eatery in Teaneck with a barrage of anti-Semitic comments.
Yalla is not on a major …
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By Faygie Holt, JNS
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1/26/22
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Thick, aromatic and brimming with good taste, soup is the perfect food in cold weather. Each spoonful warms and comforts like nothing else. Besides chicken soup — the panacea for what ails …
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By Ethel G. Hofman
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1/26/22
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I was about 6 and off to Sunday school to celebrate Tu B’Shevat. That’s when I learned it was a birthday party — for trees.
Well, at least there would be birthday cake? …
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By Joni Schockett
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1/19/22
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A pastry chef who trained in France, Shoyer is the author of “The Kosher Baker,” “The Holiday Kosher Baker,” “The Healthy Jewish …
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By Paula Shower
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11/17/21
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On each night of Chanukah, we light the menorah to remember the Maccabees and the miracle of the oil that lasted much longer than expected. This year, another seeming miracle — that of …
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By Ethel G. Hofman
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11/10/21
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In researching some history for the intro to this column, I came across Washington’s 1789 proclamation for the first Thanksgiving in which he mentioned the “peaceable and rational …
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By Joni Schockett
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11/3/21
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