Matzah Meal Popovers
These Passover popovers are good served warm with butter, and they're great for making kosher-for-Passover "sandwiches" with tuna, or whatever filling you like.
Matzah Candy Buttercrunch
This wildly popular Passover candy appeared on Rabbi Phyllis Sommer's popular blog Ima On and Off the Bima and can trace its origin to Canadian Jewish cooking authority Marcy Goldman.
Chocolate Quinoa Cake
This cake is surprisingly moist and delicious—great for Passover and all year round.
Chicken Soup with Chicken Meatballs and Zucchini Spaghetti
Early Hanukkah in 2013: Jewish Calendar Fun
Whenever I'm asked if the Jewish holidays are coming early or late this year, I promptly answer that they'll be coming on time. And that's partially true. Rosh Hashanah will always arrive on the first day of the Jewish month of Tishrei just as Hanukkah will always begin on the 25th of Kislev.
The New Reform Machzor
Why the Hebrew Month of Adar Will Never Be the Same for Me
Despite the imperative to be joyous during the Hebrew month of Adar, I cried recently at the Western Wall during Rosh Chodesh services marking the new month.
All I Need Is a Miracle
It was the winter of 1999 in Israel, and my sister had come to visit me while I lived there. We planned a trip to Masada and everyone told us that we should leave near sunrise in order to hike up at the coolest part of the day. Did we listen? No.