Sukkot recipes that bring tastes of autumn
Jewish Journal
September 28, 2015
Sukkot is such a beautiful holiday: eating outdoors, decorating the sukkah and enjoying the flavors of fall with family and friends.
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Holidays
Rooted in the land, creating contemporary community
Esther D. Kustanowitz
September 25, 2015
Traditionally, the sukkah is a symbol of shelter, a shade from the elements, that simultaneously conveys both safety and impermanence.
How Israel’s desert became a fecund source of water
Jonathan Kirsch
September 25, 2015
“Making the desert bloom” is one of the stirring and enduring tropes of Zionist history.
Return, reboot, reload
Jewish Journal
September 25, 2015
In 1913, a 27 year old Jew, who had grown up in the home of totally assimilated, wealthy German parents, came to a Kol Nidre service in Berlin for what he thought would be his last time.
Tivnu: Buiding justice and shelters from the storm
Jewish Journal
September 24, 2015
When I describe Tivnu: Building Justice, the social-justice startup founded by my friend Steve Eisenbach-Budner, to people who know him, this is what I say: If you turned Steve into a nonprofit, Tivnu is what it would look like.
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