Ted Roberts
By Ted Roberts
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Opinion A High Holy Day Story: Reward for No Temptation?
My rabbi loves challenges, so he loves my halachic questions. “So, Ted,” he says, “any arcane questions today?” We go to his office, where he keeps, in a secret drawer, his wife’s delicious plum cake. Now that I’ve got him in a mellow mood, I begin. “Okay, here’s a tough one tailored for Yom Kippur.”…
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Israel News A Grill a Minute: Memphis Jews on ‘Que
As August’s sun sears the city of Memphis, Tenn., the one source of comfort for the sun-baked Jewish mind is, “Not long now till the ASBEE barbecue.” By that they mean the Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Kroger Kosher Barbecue Contest, an event that has perfumed the skies over Memphis for 18 years. It’s the first…
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