Pomegranate and Honey Glazed Chicken
By Liz Rueven (The Nosher via JTA) — Pomegranates, or rimonim in Hebrew, are among the most recognizable and highly symbolic fruits in Jewish culture….
Holiday Columns
When a Major Jewish Holiday Clashes With a Major Family Wedding
By Debra Lynn Shelton (Kveller via JTA) — My cousin is getting married on Yom Kippur. And her dress rehearsal is on Kol Nidre. Yes, you…
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…
Rebbetzin Rifka Drelich: Perspectives on Shavuot
(Editors note) – Rebbitzin Rifka Drelich provided this column just prior to Shavuot. It is just as meaningful after the holiday as it was prior. …
5 ways to celebrate Shavuot — without (necessarily) studying Torah
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Shavuot is the “Rodney Dangerfield of Jewish holidays,” says Rabbi Shira Stutman of Washington, D.C.’s Sixth and I synagogue….