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April 14, 2016
Abe Foxman calls on Sanders to fire Zimmerman
Bernie Sanders should fire his new Jewish Outreach Director over past anti-Israel comments, former ADL head Abe Foxman told Jewish Insider on Thursday.
“Rhapsody in Schmaltz”: Matzah and Michael Wex
\’There are those who say that God gave us cardboard so that we could describe the taste of matzoh, but taste is what matzoh is not about,” Michael Wex writes in his new book, “Rhapsody in Schmaltz: Yiddish Food and Why We Can’t Stop Eating It.”
Hebrew word of the week: ShTuyyot (nonsense)
This is a word very common in Israeli conversation and it can have a few distinct nuances: As an exclamation, “Nonsense!” or when characterizing others’ opinions as “nonsense” or “stupid.”
A haggadah for a ‘New World’
Ilan Stavans, whose “The New World Haggadah,” illustrated by Gloria Abella Ballen, has just been released by Gaon Books, feels the time has come for the diversity of the modern Jewish experience to be reflected in the haggadah we read at our Passover seders.
Passover ‘On One Foot’: Books for kids
The newest Passover picture books for children include colorful depictions of holiday rituals, such as opening the door for Elijah, properly preparing for a family seder and the true meaning of “Dayenu.”
Back to school: A bittersweet visit to my alma mater
Last week, I went back to school.
Moving and shaking: Outstanding American by Choice Award, YRF Darca and more
Uri Herscher, president and founder of the Skirball Cultural Center, received the Outstanding American By Choice award on April 5 at the U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C., from Leon Rodriguez, director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Alejandro N. Mayorkas, deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
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