Reading for those lazy hazy crazy days of summer – Part 1
By: Rabbi Rachel Esserman (JTA Coop) – Readers of summer fiction come in several categories. Some people want light, airy, easy-to-read novels – ones that…
2017
How Tisha b’Av can help us understand the refugee experience
By Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — For many Jews, Tisha b’Av is centered around mourning the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. But…
Shalom Italia: Three Italian brothers try to find the cave they lived in during the Holocaust
By Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Renting a house in the Italian countryside and eating loads of pasta is about as blissful a vacation as they…
Why are there no women on the Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’?
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) – The Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s so-called “blacklist” of Diaspora rabbis runs the denominational gamut. The rabbis on the list,…
How to Make Rainbow Falafel
By Aly Miller (The Nosher via JTA) — The rainbow bagel trend, admittedly, isn’t my favorite. Neon just isn’t that appetizing to me, and I’ve…