My mom’s hamantaschen recipe carries the memories that she is losing
by Erin Beser (JTA) — My mother always loved to cook and bake, but I was never welcome in the kitchen. Not every night before…
Holidays
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: Will the real Ahasuerus please stand up
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Once upon a time, one of the foremost Jewish communities in the world was found in a land whose head…
Purim change of pace: a chocolate dough
By Shannon Sarna NEW YORK (JTA) — Hamantaschen talk is always about the filling: prune, poppy, apricot and strawberry, just to name a few favorites….
Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski: The Joy of Purim
By Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski (AJNews) Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrated with gifts to friends and the needy, of masquerades and noisemakers. It is…
Egyptian Golden Potato Soup Recipe
By Sonya Sanford (The Nosher via JTA) – Egyptian Jews comprise one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world. There have been waves of…