Shalom Chaverim! Much has happened since I last wrote to you. It seems only yesterday I was wishing all of you a sweet year, a year of health, happiness and success. On Rosh Hashanah I asked each of you “What’s In Your Torah?” and challenged you to share your answers in tangible ways to strengthen […]
For the holidays, you are all invited to my place – 43 years ago and 3000 miles away in Cranford, New Jersey – to try two amazing desserts made with honey. The first is, of course, my Mom’s teiglach. The second is an absolute knock-your-socks-off dish that can be made a couple of days ahead […]
Shalom Chaverim! As the tumult of the new year approaches, my thoughts and feelings are all over the place. Elul is almost finished and with it my annual self-evaluation. Once again I find myself coming up short in so many areas and resolving to do better in the year to come. Tishrei is on the […]
Who Are the Radanites and What Have They Done to My Kitchen? While we reflect on the words of Isaiah and his message of hope and consolation (how many of us are praying for just a slight breeze and some cross ventilation right now? – raise your hand if that’s you), here’s a stunning time […]
Shalom Chaverim! I have never forgotten the first Hebrew sentence I ever learned – Aych ani holaich l’kikar dizengoff? – how do I walk to dizengoff square? My grandfather taught me that the summer I was 11 years old. Along with “ani Yehudi” – I am a Jew – and a lot of other things […]
Passover is one of the most popular Jewish holidays. One way we celebrate is by going to a very special dinner party called a Seder. We read a script from a book called a Haggadah which urges us to try foods we don’t usually eat, encourages us to ask questions, play with our food and […]
Walking around Israel, one can’t help but observe how it seems that we in chutz la’aretz are more concerned about the future of Israel than the Israelis themselves. Sure, they are aware of the threats that face them on many fronts. Of course, they are familiar with the impending attempt to unilaterally declare a Palestinian […]