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• Hanukkah bush

  
  Studio Ruthe — Authority: 127
  Alice, the bush, as I promised, and arent I terrific not to take the day off. Once upon a time (my favorite story opener), when everyonewanted to melt into the pot, when Hollywood stars had no ethnicity and being awasp was the ultimate goal, when Christmas meant color and lights and not somuch commercial ...
  6 days ago

• Accommodations

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 425
  Image: Simon Howden / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Holiday accommodations span far wider than hotels and motels. Whether a host, guest, family member, friend, neighbor, colleague, or otherwise, the holidays are a time when we are all brought together under many circumstances, and required to deal with each other in ways ...
  1 week ago

• Changes in American Jewish Identities Since 1948: From Norms to Aesthetics

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 508
  by Dr. Steven M. Cohen Jews Within In the sixty plus years that have elapsed since the founding of the State of Israel, profound changes have taken place in Israel, in American Jews’ relationship with Israel, and in American Jews’ identities. With regard to the latter, two major changes are among the most ...
  2 weeks ago

• Food, Ethical Food

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 425
  Thanks so much to Rachel Cohen for this great guest post.  Rachel is the Senior Legislative Assistant for energy and environmental issues at the Religious Action Center, the Washington office of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rachel works on sustainability and greening issues for the Reform Movement. She holds a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Culture in the Cucina: Dec 13

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 425
  Calling all New Yorkers!  If you’re around on Sunday, December 13th at 2pm, join me at this fun Jewish food event! CULTURE IN THE CUCINA How Rome’s Jews are Cooking up the Past and Future While Jews have lived in Italy since the 2nd century BCE and are credited with popularizing staple ingredients like ...
  2 weeks ago

• My Yiddeshe Thanksgivings

  
  Forest Street Kitchen — Authority: 128
  Until I was sixteen, Thanksgiving was spent at my maternal grandparents’ house in Ashtabula, Ohio. Often prefaced by a blizzard, and by my father worrying about making the five hour drive with 5% visibility and black ice on the Interstate, these holidays really began when we arrived, cold and tired, to find a House ...
  3 weeks ago

• and the winner is……kosher (ummm, not so much)!

  
  Mo's Marathon — Authority: 121
  I had originally wrote this post back in April of this year, when swine flu peeked its nasty head into the world.  Well, 7 months later, and I’m singing a new tune.  I guess I wrote a little hastely about the outbreak (now called H1N1), cuz here’s the thing: I GOT IT (and its spreading through Israel, like ...
  3 weeks ago

• My Israel Blues

  
  Most Recent Posts — Authority: 547
  By anonymous.in.israel Theres a longstanding joke in Israel. It goes like this.Q: Why dont people have sex on the street in Tel Aviv?A:Because if they did, everyone would stop to butt in with their ownopinion. "Why are you licking her there? If you bite her right belowit, shell really love it!" "Nu, whats wrong with ...
  3 weeks ago

• What is Jewish Food?

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 425
  I often get asked if there is such thing as Jewish food. After all, Jews are not the only ones to smoke meat, eat couscous or make fish into little balls. So when I was asked to put together a short description of Jewish food to sit on the tables at the upcoming HAZON conference I was excited to try and answer the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Survey of American Jewish Language and Identity

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 777
  Here are the results of a very interesting study, which I participated in (along with 30,000 other people). FWIW, I usually pronounce the o in “orange” like “a” in farce, though the longer I’ve lived outside New York, the less consistent I’ve become; call the place that I attend services ...
  4 weeks ago

• A Statement From the Commander of the IDF

  
  Rubicon3 — Authority:
  IDF Chief: We Wont Rely on Others for Our Security  ( Israel Defense Forces ) IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said in Berlin on Monday: I, Gabi Ashkenazi, the son of Josef Ashkenazi, may he rest in peace, a Holocaust survivor from Bulgaria, am here today as the commander of the Jewish defense ...
  6 weeks ago

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