Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg
By Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg
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Culture Top 10 reasons it’s great being Jewish on Christmas
Top 10 Reasons It’s Great Being Jewish On Christmas #10: We love seeing Christmas lights – on other people’s homes. We haven’t climbed a ladder in years and don’t want to try it now. We save changing the burned out lightbulbs until our extra-tall son comes to visit. And we don’t have to nag our…
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Food Doctor Up A Cold-Weather Classic Like This Matzo Ball Maven
Like matzo balls, bagels used to be plain — or sesame if you were lucky. There were no pumpkin, jalapeño or asiago-cheese bagels on which to shmear your cream cheese. Now, it’s the matzo ball’s turn to diversify, and Dr. Susan Sandler, a creative kosher cook in suburban Philadelphia, is doing her part: She’s doctoring…
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Food Turkey With a Side of Kasha Varnishkes
Of all the holidays — Jewish and otherwise — Thanksgiving is our hands-down favorite. It’s all about food and family. We’re thankful that it’s not about synagogue attendance, atonement or plagues. You could call Thanksgiving a pilgrimage festival. After all, in 1620 the Pilgrims sailed to their new home in America on the Mayflower. This…
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Food You Say Wonton. I Say Kreplach.
“Pumpernickel is Jewish; white bread is goyish,” said comedian Lenny Bruce in the early 1960s, asserting that Jews instinctively categorize everything as Jewish or not. We agree, especially when it comes to food. Fast-forward 50 years. Much has changed on the culinary landscape since Bruce got arrested for using the word shmuck onstage. These days,…
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News 10 Reasons Why Celebrating Both Jewish and Secular New Years is a Win-Win
For members of the tribe, September marks a new year. We dip apples in honey to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Three months later we dip chips in salsa to ring in the secular New Year. We love having two opportunities to celebrate. How is the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah, different from that other New Year?…
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