Talia Lavin (JTA)
By Talia Lavin (JTA)
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Fast Forward Ukrainian Jews Join Nationalists in Protest of President Viktor Yanukovych
On the last evening in November, at least 31 protesters were taken into custody and dozens treated for injuries following a violent confrontation with Ukrainian police in Kiev’s Independence Square. But that wasn’t enough to intimidate the crowds who have occupied the main square of the capital since Nov. 21. Thousands showed up the following…
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Food Remaking Jewish Food for the Gluten Free
When Tim Horel was in his mid-30s, he tripped over his shoelaces and wound up shattering both of his elbows. “It was way too early for him to be breaking bones like that,” Lisa Stander-Horel, Tim’s wife, told JTA. The cause for Tim’s weakened bones turned out to be celiac disease, a condition in which…
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