Recipe: Cuban-Style Arroz Con Pollo
By Jennifer Stempel (The Nosher via JTA) — Much as every culture showcases its individual form of the dumpling (um, matzah balls), arroz con pollo, or…
Holidays
Edmonton’s Beth Tzedek congregation celebrates the holidays and so much more
by Martin Bankey (EJNews) – As Chanukah approached this year, we moved into holiday mode at Edmonton’s Beth Tzedek. Being a smaller congregation, we are…
JNF presents on Jan. 31: Israel feeding the world through education
On Sunday, January 31 the community is in for a rare treat with the special Jewish National Fund (JNF) Edmonton event entitled ‘Israel feeding the…
Op-Ed: Tu b’Shvat and the case for eco-Zionism
By Shaul Goldstein JERUSALEM (JTA) – The rabbinic tract Midrash Kohelet Raba tells us that when G-d created Adam, He took him to see each…
On Tu b’Shvat, seeds of growth and change
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — For the last three years, I’ve celebrated Tu b’Shvat — the Jewish New Year of the Trees — by…