For lactose intolerant Jews, Shavuot’s dairy diet is a test of intestinal fortitude
by Sarah Gold (JTA) — Many modern-day Jews aren’t all that familiar with Shavuot, which celebrates the day when the Israelites first received the Torah…
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Op-Ed: On Shavuot, remember that Ruth was a poor immigrant
By Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein EUGENE, Oregon (JTA) — A destitute widowed immigrant does what it takes to scrape by so she and her aging mother-in-law…
Everything Bagel Bourekas Recipe
By Chaya Rappoport (The Nosher via JTA) — These bourekas are a mix of New York Jewish and Middle Eastern Israeli food cultures. It sounds…
5 ways to celebrate Shavuot — without (necessarily) studying Torah
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Shavuot is the “Rodney Dangerfield of Jewish holidays,” says Rabbi Shira Stutman of Washington, D.C.’s Sixth and I synagogue….
Tikkun Lel Shavuot: A night of engaging learning at Talmud Torah on June 11
(EJNews) – Shavuot is a very special holiday that commemorates the Israelites receiving the ten commandments from G-d on Mount Sinai. It is celebrated 7…