Latkes with Gravlax
Pairing cured salmon with latkes is almost a Jewish cliché, but for good reason.
Peanut Butter Gelt Cookies
The Bloody Maccabeet: A Hanukkah Cocktail
Here's a spicy Hanukkah cocktail to spice up your holiday!
The Latkatini - A Hanukkah Cocktail
Here's a Hanukkah cocktail that mirrors the ingredients used to make latkes and applesauce!
A Nice Place to Visit, But…
There are people with hearts of stone; there are stones with human hearts.
-The Wall, by Yossi Gamzu
Holding My Father's Prayer Book
Guila remembers holding the prayer book for her father, who had cerebral palsy, every Yom Kippur. "What many might imagine to have been a dreary religious obligation was, for me, a highly emotional, touching experience."
This Yom Kippur, Try a Little Tenderness
Thirty years ago, Rabbi Motti Rotem, the first sabra (Israeli-born Jew) to be ordained as a Reform rabbi in Israel, addressed his congregation from the pulpit before Yom Kippur.
Confession: A Poem for the Vidui
Although we may not think of Judaism as a religion of confession, we often are called to profess our sins – privately, between oneself and God.