Hag Sameach. Dry Bones Chanukkah

Above the Arctic Circle, a Cold War Rosh Hashana

It was early September 1956, the High Holidays were approaching, and Elihu Schimmel was in the Cold War's coldest theater.

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Honey Cake

Honey CakeHoney Cake is a traditional food for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, to bring a "sweet" new year. I wanted to make a vegan honey cake this year, but given that honey isn't technically…

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Passover Symbols

A traditional Passover Seder plate has a combination of a total of six items.

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Future Fulfillment

As with each of the other Fall Holy Days, with Sukkot we look forward with eager anticipation to the future fulfillment of this Feast. While exiled on the island of Patmos, the aged apostle Yochanan…

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The third Plague: Lice from the Dust of the Earth

Exo 8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

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High Holy Days Seating Request Form

That season is here once again. Please fill out the form below and send it to your synagogue to ensure you get the best seat this season.

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Purim Grogger

This is one of our green crafts that reuse household objects and turn them into symbolic or ritual objects for the Jewish holidays. On Purim, we shake groggers when the name Haman (the bad guy) is…

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Dry Bones Haggadah

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Gertrude Luckner

Gertrud Luckner was born in the year 1900 in Liverpool.

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Vegetarian Kishke

Ingredients:• 6 small sweet potatoes, peeled and grated• 2 stalks celery, chopped• 2 carrots, grated• 2 onions, peeled and minced• 2 cups water• 1/4 cup vegetable broth• 4 cups matzo meal• 1…

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Chanukah Story

Around the year 200 B.C.E. Israel was under the rulership of the Syrians who were under the rulership of the Romans. Antiocus Epiphanes was king of the Syrians at that time. Epiphanes means "the…

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