Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
By Sheri Silver (The Nosher via JTA) – To be a gluten-free baker (and eater) years ago was to be a disappointed baker (and eater)….
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Why Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is a cautionary tale for 21st-century Jews
By Charles Dunst Spoilers for “BlacKkKlansman” below. NEW YORK (JTA) — In 1965, two young Jewish men, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were murdered along with black…
Chocolate Babka Challah Recipe
By Chaya Rappoport (The Nosher via JTA) – There’s nothing more comforting than a slice of babka and a glass of milk to break a…
Rabbi Rachel Esserman: Amnesty
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman (The Reporter) – A few years ago, I received a Facebook friend request from someone I knew in grade school. When…
How an Orthodox cantor snagged a role on ‘Orange Is the New Black’
By Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — Cantor Philip Sherman gives me a call after having finished two circumcisions before noon on Tuesday. That’s a light day,…