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May 11, 2011
Karen Tal awarded 2011 Charles Bronfman Prize
Karen Tal, the principal of the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, is the recipient of the Charles Bronfman Prize for 2011. The annual prize, which carries a $100,000 award, goes to a young humanitarian whose work is informed and fueled by Jewish values and has broad, global impact that can potentially change lives. Tal\’s school in southern Tel Aviv serves students of foreign workers, Jewish and Arab Israelis of low socio-economic backgrounds, new immigrants from such places as the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia, and refugees from Darfur, Sudan, Eritrea and other countries. A documentary film about the school, \”Strangers No More,\” won a 2011 Academy Award for best documentary short subject.
Shavuot with a French accent
Joan Nathan says she\’s always had a particular fascination with French Jews and their food. For Nathan, author of \”Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France (Knopf, 2010), the love affair with French cuisine started as a teenager when she made her first trip to France in the 1950s. The prolific cookbook author says the simple pleasure of sampling a slightly melted bar of chocolate sandwiched into a crackly baguette transformed her life.
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