Instead of debating the finer points of the Oslo peace accords or discussing the impact of Sept. 11 on Jewish America, Democrats for Israel-Los Angeles (DFI-LA) will focus their attention instead on enjoying some kosher food and congenial conversation at their Summer Garden Party on Aug. 25 from 4-7 p.m.
While so much of daily life in Israel has changed — or stopped — due to the security situation, life does go on: children celebrate birthdays, teenagers become b\’nei mitzvah and couples marry.
He awoke from the nightmare with a scream, as he had every night for almost 40 years. His heart
raced, his body drenched in sweat, his mind filled with vivid images of fiery destruction. He saw rivulets of blood flowing through the streets of Jerusalem, the Holy Temple ground into ashes, the lifeless bodies of the priests scattered about the Temple Mount.
We were very disturbed to read Joel Kotkin\’s article (\”The Christian Right, Conservatism and the Jews,\” June 7) and the accompanying article about Jews turning to the GOP (\”Israel Bolsters Local GOP Support,\” June 7).
One of the most memorable dishes I enjoyed in Israel was chicken-stuffed figs in tamarind sauce, at chef Moshe Basson\’s Eucalyptus restaurant in Jerusalem.
Having studied abroad in Jerusalem between intifadas, I thought I had seen the attractions and sites of the land, but the ministry offered a view a student on a budget never imagined: Gourmet Israel, eight days of cutting-edge kosher restaurants and winery tours.
In the forward to "Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust," animal rights activist and daughter of Holocaust survivors, Lucy Rosen Kaplan, states: "I came to understand that the oppression of nonhumans on this Earth eclipses even the ordeal survived by my parents."
Jewish legal tradition teaches that we should recite 100 blessings every day. This presents an opportunity and a challenge. How might I fill up my quota today?
It wasn\’t the idea of a McFalafel that sparked the ire of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), but a McDonald\’s ad campaign in Egypt for the new falafel patty.
Joan Nathan is one of America\’s premier food journalists, which is what makes \”The Foods of Israel Today\” so important a book.
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