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Why My Jewish Family Celebrates Halloween
Celebrating Halloween is not the least bit contradictory for my family or me. Here’s why.
The Promise of the ADA Restored: Reform Movement Applauds President's Enactment of Disability Rights Bill
Rabbi Landsberg: “As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we pray for a sweet new year in which the dreams of inclusion and equality will be realized.”
Apple Horseradish
Using the apple, an iconic Rosh HaShanah ingredient, as a base, the following sauce will add a kick to your gefilte fish or roasted meats.
Family Trees, Branches, and Identity
The Book of Genesis involves a patchwork of stories. These are held together by an overarching framework that I refer to as "the ideological overlay."How are we to understand this structure? Picture eggs in an eggcrate.
Did you mean Yom Kippur instead of Yom Kippor?
Yom Kippur Wasn't Always the Holiday It Is Now
As the summer passes its midway point, rabbis begin to think seriously about the coming Days of Awe.
Hungarian Cabbage Strudel (Káposztás Rétes)
Cabbage was very popular in Ashkenzic communities during all the Jewish fall festivals.
What Is Elul?
Algerian Chicken with Quince
According to Clemence Barkate, an Algerian now living in France, the traditional Rosh HaShanah dish served in her home city of Constantine was chicken with eggplant, honey, and quince (a hard and crisp fruit resembling something between an apple and a Bartlett pear and has a perfume-like fragrance when cooked).