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‘Food Maven’ Saves Endangered Recipes
Judy Bart Kancigor
April 14, 2005
When the El-Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia was bombed by Al Qaeda in 2002, the fragile remnant of a once thriving Jewish community was even further shattered.
Serve Up Something Different in 5765
Leora Alhadeff
September 9, 2004
Food is the centerpiece of every Jewish holiday.
Exile the So-So Seder
Sandee Brawarsky
April 1, 2004
Some people like their Passover seders just as they remember them: the same lines recited by the same relatives with the same emphasis, the same songs, jokes and foods, the same delicate glassware that picks up the light in a certain way, reflecting past and present.
Spicy ‘Shores’ of the Mediterranean
Judy Bart Kancigor
November 28, 2002
Celebrated cookbook author and chef Joyce Goldstein can trace her bloodline to a Russian shtetl, but her heart and soul lie in the Mediterranean.
History Comes Alive
Ruth E. Gruber
August 29, 2002
Italian scholar Francesco Spagnolo is keenly aware of the long-standing Jewish presence in Italy.
\”Never before the creation of the State of Israel did Jews of so many varied origins live together, and in such a stimulating, if at times threatening, environment as in the land they called in Hebrew \’I-Tal-Yah,\’\” he says.
\”I-Tal-Yah\” — Island of Divine Dew in Hebrew — means Italy in Italian, a land where Jews have lived for more than 2,000 years and which has seen layer after layer of immigration from all over the Jewish Diaspora.
7 Days In Arts
Jewish Journal
July 18, 2002
If you like babbling brooks and floating waterlilies, City of Hope probably has your idea of an interesting and unusual Saturday afternoon.
My Very Own Chuppah
Carin Davis
February 7, 2002
Hold onto your son\’s baby blanket. Don\’t give away your daughter\’s cheerleading uniform. If they hold precious memories and deep meanings, you may be able to recycle them — as part of your child\’s chuppah.
Thanksgiving Traditions
Jane Ulman
November 22, 2001
This Thanksgiving, following the horrific attacks of Sept. 11, we are already a patriotic and unified country. But, we are also a frightened and anxious country, in need of the comfort that tradition brings.
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