Hag Sameach. Dry Bones

Giving Thanks for the Miracle of Survival

(CNN) - ...almost 70 years after his village in Poland was liberated by the Soviet army, Leon Gersten is meeting the man who is the Oskar Schindler of his own life: Czeslaw Polziec. ... Polziec is…

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Water Immersion (Tevilah Mikveh)

Water immersion (tevilah mikveh) ... repentance--and therefore forgiveness--is a predominant theme during Rosh Hashanah. ... Elul, the month preceding Tishri, is the beginning of a special 40-day…

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Is Purim Just Another Halloween?

Purim is not a Jewish Halloween. Although we traditionally dress up in customs of Bible heroes, eat, and have fun, Purim is about as different from Halloween as butterflies are from bats.

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Divisiveness in the American Jewish Community

Divisiveness in the American Jewish Community.

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The Untouched Oil

To say that life was hard for the residents of the Lower East Side was to do them an injustice. The streets of New York were not paved with gold, as they had been led to believe. The streets'…

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Cheese Latkes and Apple Pear Sauce

Cheese Latkes3 egg substitutes1 cup plant milk1 cup vegan cottage cheese1 cup matzo meal1 Tbsp. sugar3/4 tsp. salt1/2 tsp. ground cinnamonoil for frying (canola is recommended)

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Sounding the Shofar

For those of you who have attended, a Rosh HaShanah service (or watched one here on the Shalom Adventure magazine), a prominent practice you will observe is the blowing of a shofar, or ram's horn.…

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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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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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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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Refugee "seder" tells modern day Passover stories

It was in Levinsky Park in South Tel Aviv eating matzah and charoset (traditional Passover food) with a group of non-Jewish men from Eritrea that I finally understood the meaning of Pesach (Passover).

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Passover Baklava Cake

This rich, nutty confection is soaked in a honey-citrus syrup, giving it a flavor much like baklava. For the best flavor, soak overnight, and serve chilled. IngredientsCake: • Cooking spray • 3/4 cup…

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Vegan Baked Latkes

If anyone had told me there would be so many Latke recipes hitting the internet the first day of Hanukkah - Well let's just say I wouldn't have believed it. I had been looking forward to posting this…

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