Carly Pildis is an organizing and advocacy professional living in Washington, D.C.
Carly Pildis
By Carly Pildis
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Food I tested five nondairy milks. Guess which makes the best pumpkin pie?
On a quest for the perfect dairy-free kosher pumpkin pie
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Opinion Joan Rivers, the ultimate Jewish woman, taught us how to take back our power
What does the Jewish mother make for dinner? Reservations. And what did the server ask her table? Nothing; they never let a man finish a sentence. This was the image of the Jewish American woman when men were the only ones telling the jokes. She was materialistic, tacky and a charmless striver; she was domineering…
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Food When your oven breaks, make fried apple pie
The house was clean, the chicken and kugel roasted, and a handsome apple cake waited on the counter. All that was left to do was make salad. The pretty salad bowl from our wedding registry, the one I barely use, was at the top of the tall pantry. My husband would be home in 10…
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Recipes Apples and Honey Chicken for the holiday you forgot about
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how you’re feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat The Jewish…
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Food An easy plum tart for summer’s hottest days
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how you’re feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat I have…
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Recipes A Shabbat Smoked Salmon Salade Niçoise perfect for the heat
Is the oven on or is my back door open? It is impossible to tell at this point. It’s the kind of hot that makes you want to lie on the cold floor in front of a fan covered in ice packs. It’s too hot to even swim. It’s definitely way too hot to turn…
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Opinion Having a miscarriage made me realize how badly we are failing Jewish women
The most shocking thing was how quickly it happened. One moment I was full of hope, and the next I was crying in a hospital bed while my husband held my hand. “Don’t worry,” cooed the nurse. “You are young and healthy. You’ll have another baby soon.” After leaving the hospital, my husband drove me…
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Opinion We can’t defeat antisemitism by attacking our fellow Jews
As antisemitic attacks on Jews across the globe continue, there is another threat to our people we aren’t talking about enough. It’s called sinat chinam — baseless hatred. As we struggle to cope with this rise in violence and hatred against our community, we’re also spending time hating each other — and it’s tearing us…
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