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We could have been roadside sheep salespeople…
Taste Buds with Deb – Episode 134



Jews know Thanksgiving because it’s a holiday we essentially celebrate every week.

Elijah Alexander King allegedly used his phone to search for shuls 10 minutes after sending the threat.

Should you feel obligated to show gratitude just because it’s an American tradition? And should you feel guilty if you don’t?


Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.

Eighteen years on, he may be the busiest, happiest, most contented rav in Los Angeles.

It’s the tale of an IDF officer who survived the fighting in Gaza only to suffer the invisible wounds of combat trauma, drug addiction and post-traumatic stress after he returns to Tel Aviv.

“Why am I a Jew?” Rosner said from the bimah. “Three minutes aren’t nearly enough to lay out all the reasons, but here is one: not to betray our human potential to create a better world.”

Some might say that one of the best parts of Thanksgiving is the leftovers. These recipes have all the festivity and none of the guilt.

Baking challah is therapeutic and satisfying and I’m especially grateful for the spiritual opportunity to do the mitzvah of ha’frashat challah.


When an Israeli says “I shifted to the right,” he or she is sending us a message: I became more suspicious of peace processes, more skeptical of concessions, more demanding about security guarantees.

There’s more work to do. The haters still hate. But, thanks to Zionism, we won – and will continue winning, while teaching the West about self-defense, self-reliance, and self-respect.

Would you ask a teacher to tutor your child for free, an Uber driver to drive you to the airport for free, or your dentist to fill a cavity for free?

Zionism is not optional. It is the recognition of a people’s reality and their internationally recognized right to a homeland. Treating it as debatable is racism not philosophy.