Yom Kippur Fast

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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The Symbolic Foods at a Passover Seder Part 1

Almost every Passover seder (ritual dinner) includes various ritual foods and other items. Nothing on the seder table is selected randomly; each item has its purpose and often its specific place on…

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Porkless Shavuot

Calculating the time it took to go from Egypt to Mount Sinai, it is most likely that Moses was on Mount Sinai during the first Shavuot.

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Mr. Shuldig and his dog Doobie

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Smile with us!

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Countdown to a Passover Seder

MY 98-year-old mother calls my Passover seder a gantzeh megillah — a big production.

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Tisha B'Av

Tisha B’Av means the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av and is traditionally a day of fasting to remember the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem.

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Porkless Passover Toast

Introducing our exclusive brand new Shalom Adventure cartoon series Porkless created by the Zaremsky family.

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New Year of the Trees

Happy Tu BeShvat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees. Tu BeShevat 2021 begins in the evening of Wednesday, January 27 and ends at sundown on Thursday, January 28.

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Sitting Pretty. Dry Bones

Dry Bones Sukkot

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Rosh Hashanah 2017 Speech by President Trump

Full White House text of remarks by President Donald Trump and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner in a call to Jewish leaders, September 15, 2017:

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Passover Facts: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Passover

For most Americans, Passover is that time once a year when their Jewish friends can't eat pizza.

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Sukkot the Forgotten Holy Day

Many non-Jews are familiar with Passover, Chanukah, and the High Holy Day days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. But few non-Jews know about, and many Jews have forgotten, an equally important Holy…

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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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Purim

The feast of Purim is a joyous occasion. It is celebrated each year on the 14th and 15th days of the Hebrew month of Adar. Hamentashen are eaten, noise makers are rattled by the children, and a fun…

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