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How Jewish Rituals Helped Me Mourn My Miscarriage
I had a miscarriage this summer — and it broke me in more ways than I could have imagined. At my nine-week appointment, I discovered, to my complete surprise, that I was experiencing a “missed abortion” – a pregnancy loss in which I’d had no miscarriage symptoms whatsoever. Not only did I have to make…
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Feasting on Alsatian-Jewish Food With Yotam Ottolenghi, At The Cloisters
When I read that Israeli-born star chef and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi was hosting a dinner at the Met Cloisters in conjunction with The Colmar Treasure, I was more than intrigued. The exhibit, which is on view until January 12, showcases a captivating trove of objects —including jewelry and prayer books — hidden away by…
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We Hasidim Aren’t Aliens. And We’re Tired Of The Media Acting Like It.
In a recent ‘This American Life’ episode, about the annual West Indian American Day Parade, the show’s host Ira Glass, speaks of the parade-goers in Crown Heights: “Walking up to Jamaicans on the street felt like walking up to people from another planet, people with a general air of hostility, or at least suspicion to…
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My Family Are Holocaust Survivors. I’m Terrified For My Disabled Jewish Son’s Future In The US.
Our nearly 24-year-old son, who is autistic, isn’t allowed to cross a busy street alone. He showers independently, but always asks us if he needs to shower. (“Did I sweat today?” is a common refrain in our household.) To say that Noah is dependent on us would be a radical understatement. Yet we plan on…
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I Didn’t Know What Eating Was Until I Went To A Kosher Michelin ‘Experience’
I do not know how to eat. This is what I learned at a recent event, held by Crown Heights’ kosher Alenbi restaurant in honor of its second year since opening its doors. A “kosher Michelin experience,” the flyer promised: A ten-course tasting with wine pairings , prepared by chefs Elior Balbul of Alenbi, Sheli…
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First Trans Actor In A Marvel Movie Talks ‘Spider-Man,’ Judaism, And The Importance Of Representation
When “Transparent,” Amazon’s sharp, candy-colored TV show, premiered in 2014, it was a landmark of representation and storytelling for transgender people. You know, just like “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” The most recent entry to the “Spider” canon has earned over one billion dollars — it’s the most successful of the “Spider-Man” movies, and Sony’s highest-grossing…
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Celebrate International Pasta Day With Instagram’s Most Mouthwatering Kugels
Since ancient times, Jews have marked the harvest season with a venerable—nay, sacred—ritual. It’s called … International Pasta Day. OK, so maybe it’s not venerable, and maybe it’s not totally Jewish. But International Pasta Day is real, it’s here, and we at the Forward are eager to observe it. And what better way to celebrate…
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‘Made in China’ finds the Orthodox wig industry
Rochel*, an educator and mother of three in Passaic, needed a new sheitel. The one she had bought over a year ago was already worn out, the hair was falling out, and she wanted something she could wear both to school and around her kitchen. But when Rochel went to a local Jewish sheitel shop,…
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This Twitter Thread Will Keep You Too Disgusted To Eat on Yom Kippur
For generations, inherited recipes have allowed American Jews to preserve links to their immigrant ancestors and envision the lives they lived before arriving on these shores. But is grating potatoes for latkes really the iconic Jewish experience we like to think it is? It may be that a more ubiquitous rite of passage is discovering…
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For The Sins We Have Committed At The Border
Every year, on Yom Kippur, we Jews stand in the sanctuary, beating our breasts as we enumerate our collective sins: We are guilty. We have betrayed. We have stolen. We have spoken falsely. The words of the liturgy are in the first person plural, meant to invite us to look both at our individual misdeeds…
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The High Holidays Over The Years: Inside The Forverts Archive
The images of the High Holidays are, in many ways, timeless. No matter what era, these moments — whether challah baking, preparing holiday candles, or leading services — can transcend years, allowing us to reach over the decades to our predecessors, to the Jew buying candles in a Lower East Side market or heading to…
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