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Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
March 25, 2020
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Thanksgiving: Vegan and vegetarian dishes
Judy Zeidler
November 24, 2015
In some ways, I’m pretty traditional when it comes to my family’s Thanksgiving Day meal: I like to plan a lot of old-fashioned farmhouse food for the holiday.
How to make perfect matzah balls [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
April 2, 2012
These quick and easy tips will pay big dividends. This year, make your Matzo Balls deliciously perfect!
Judy and Julia
Judy Zeidler
September 2, 2009
The movie “Julie and Julia” brought back great memories of how I met Julia Child in 1978 and how it resulted in adapting her bouillabaisse recipe for a kosher kitchen.
Thinking Outside the Matzah Ball Box
Orit Arfa
March 26, 2009
When the Israelites rushed out of Egypt, Pharaoh’s men on their heels, they hurriedly bundled their belongings, food included, to carry as much as they could on their backs and donkeys. Seeking to nourish themselves throughout their desert journey to the Promised Land, they rolled together unleavened bread crumbs, eggs and oil to create a round, nutritious finger food. They heated these in water jugs, along with chicken bone scraps, to preserve them and give them flavor. And that’s how matzah ball soup was born.
Is the pomegranate the perfect fruit?
Judy Zeidler
September 9, 2007
When I see pyramids of pomegranates displayed in a market it\’s difficult to deny them space in my shopping cart. Buy them at your local farmers market when they are in season since they keep for several weeks in a refrigerator.
The sweet rewards of Rosh Hashanah rituals
Sharon Duke Estroff
September 8, 2007
The change was subtle but undeniable. A slightly deeper shade of brown; carrots cut lengthwise rather than sliced; some scattered sprigs of rosemary. Any other day of the year, such a discrete rift in recipe might have gone unnoticed. But this was not any other day of the year — this was Rosh Hashanah.
Interfaith dialogue continues locally despite Hathout brouhaha; Sukkot huts inspires home building
Jewish Journal
October 12, 2006
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Shopping for Jews? Clean Up on Aisle 5
Sue Fishkoff
April 13, 2006
Margie Pomerantz and her fellow volunteers from Congregation Beth David, a nearby Conservative synagogue, were out looking for Jews. In a supermarket. Unaffiliated Jews, if possible, but they weren\’t being picky.
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