Israeli chefs take hamantaschen to a whole new level
By Andrew Tobin TEL AVIV (JTA) – Cheesecake, amaretto or goat cheese and onion jam? Those are just some of the new hamantaschen options this year…
Holiday Columns
Compost Cookie Hamantaschen Recipe
By Shannon Sarna (Nosher via JTA) — If you’ve never made compost cookies, but you love desserts that are a little salty and a little…
Here’s a Hanukkah menu with a healthy flair — and latkes
By Megan Wolf (JTA) — Hanukah is a celebration, a joyful holiday with delicious food and family memories. I remember lighting our menorah as a…
Why I light my menorah in the window — and you should, too
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In the weeks before Hanukkah, with anticipation of the holiday brightly filling my mind, the darkening news of…
The hidden history of ‘I Have a Little Dreidel’
By Albert Stern (JTA) — Within the Jewish musical canon are several songs that seem to have always existed — tunes we all know and…