Ruth Yael
I have a confession to make: I don’t like apples and honey. I mean, I don’t dislike them, but I don’t look forward to them, and I rarely even finish the one piece of apple that I take. I just find them to be thoroughly blah. I like my...
T-minus eight days until Rosh Hashanah. In that time, I have to pack up all my things, get them in a moving truck, unpack my things, set up my new apartment and sleep. Then, I’ll still have about seven days until Rosh Hashanah. What ever will I...
Okay — maybe you look at more email forwards and cheesy Facebook photos than I do. (It’s not that hard to achieve, I assure you. Between getting Jewniverse ready, re-watching the awesome new G-dcast video, and keeping on top of office gossip,...
The Jewish New Year is almost around the corner. Rosh Hashana begins Wednesday night, September 8. For Jews around the world, regardless of nationality or background, the High Holy Days are the most important days of the year. As we gather with family...
How will you be celebrating your Rosh Hashanah? I’m going to be heading up to Canada to celebrate with my family, eating a lot of good food and going to a lot of synagogue. Sounds like a normal day to me. But there are other ways to celebrate the...
Another aspect of family history is to learn about our ancestors’ food traditions. As our families moved from country to country, they brought along their favorite recipes along with their possessions. Sometimes the recipes needed adaptation as...
When my Teheran-born husband first heard “gefilte fish,” he thought the name was “filthy fish.” He soon learned that putting enough chrein (horseradish) on it made it palatable. The Dallas Observer’s Hanna Raskin offers...
Today’s Golden Oldie is a Dry Bones cartoon done 30 years in 1980. The Jewish New Year was approaching and locals were worried about the year that was about to unfold before us. I thought it would be funny to show Mr.Shuldig trying his best to...
Today is the holiday of “Tisha Be’Av”. Today’s Golden Oldie was done ten years ago giving the date of “Tisha Be’Av” that year on the civil calendar …along with the observation that our ancient holidays...
