Tanya Tolchin
By Tanya Tolchin
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Opinion Farming the Jewish Way
I recently joined more than 150 people at the Pearlstone Center near Baltimore for the 5th annual Beit Midrash to learn about the Jewish calendar and how it connects to sustainability and farming. The Beit Midrash has become an annual ritual for my family and we have watched it grow from an informal gathering of…
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Opinion How #Jewish Brings Newtown Rampage Home
Like thousands of others, I read the headlines and Tweets from the Forward and other Jewish publications about the Newtown school massacre. One read, “Rabbi consoles relatives of #Newtown shooting victims … fears one victim could be #jewish..” And I read replies on Facebook, which lambasted the paper for focusing on Jewish victims. They apparently…
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Food The Ecology of Challah Baking
Most Fridays, I bake two loaves of challah for Shabbat dinner. Sometimes I have no other plans for dinner beyond the challah, and I scramble to add something to complete the meal. I use a standard recipe, which varies weekly based on how much whole wheat flour I add, whether there are raisins on hand…
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