Yom Hashoah, Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut were celebrated in Edmonton this month
(EJNews) – In Edmonton and throughout the Jewish world, the past few weeks have been a very busy time of commemoration and celebration. On May…
Holidays
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…
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…