Beyond the hamantash: Traditional Purim dishes tell the story of Diaspora life
Megillat Esther, or the Scroll of Esther, read on the upcoming holiday of Purim, describes the Jewish people’s escape from annihilation in Persia in the fifth century BCE. But really, it’s a quintessential story...
Sephardic envy at Passover time
Passover is here, and I am triggered. Every Ashkenazi Jew gets a little Sephardic-envy this time of year thinking about all the rice our fellow Jews will be eating while we suffer through a kitniyot lockdown....
Memories of a Tisha B’Avs past
I am writing this on a long, lazy Tisha B’Av afternoon. The sky is brilliant blue and a gentle breeze is beckoning me outside to get on my bike. No, not today. I must...
As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in learning about High Holidays
With Jews around the world set to begin the High Holiday season, the small Jewish communities in six Gulf states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are planning...
In wake of anti-Semitic incidents, Hanukkah menorah-lightings evoke Jewish pride
The North MoPac Expressway runs up Austin’s west side, a busy, eight-lane artery that speaks to the city’s expanding suburbs and the extravagant consumption of space that is uniquely Texan. It’s not a place...
JDC offers annual Passover food packages, educational activities via Zoom
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), is reaching widening global audiences this Passover with hundreds of online events, holiday content and its century-old tradition of delivering matzah to Jews in need.
While in-person activities...
College parties like no other, bringing Israel into the mix
In the weeks leading up to Yom Ha’aztmaut—Israel’s Independence Day—on April 19, pro-Israel students from more than 160 university campuses across North America have been holding parties and celebrations for the Jewish state’s 70th...
Erdoğan sends Passover greetings to Turkey’s Jews
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has released a congratulatory message to Turkey’s Jewish community and Jews all over the world who are marking the Passover religious festival this week.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Erdoğan...
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Las Fiestas Judiyas
Asigun la tradsion judiya, es defendido de invokar el nombre del Todo Podorozo en vano. Es por esta razon ke se uza el nombre de Di-o en un mizmo biervo ma aunandoLo...
Who was the Exodus Pharaoh?
It almost seems like a joke. The author of Exodus 5:2 has Pharaoh tell Moses: “Who is this Yahweh that I should obey him and let Israel go?” But by now, more people have...