Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting – and emotionally manipulative
by Elana Sztokman TEL AVIV (JTA) — Wednesday night (May 8) was one of the hardest nights on the Israeli calendar. In that hazy space…
Holidays
Alon Shaya’s challah recipe
By Beth Kissieff (JTA) – Alon Shaya, is the executive chef and partner at New Orleans restaurants Domenica, Pizza Domenica and Shaya, and named best chef in the…
A former Jewish punk rocker wrote an acclaimed novel about Holocaust memory
by Curt Schleier (JTA) — At first glance, Bram Presser looks more like a punk rocker than a sensitive novelist. He has two big lip…
How celebrities celebrated Passover
by Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — How was this night different from other nights? We have the same kind of dinner as Jewish celebrities. Like the…
The Most Creative Ways to Use Manischewitz This Passover
by Shannon Sarna (Nosher via JTA) – Whether you love or hate Manischewitz, if you grew up in America you likely have some strong feelings…