For our forebears, the most cumbersome part of the High Holy Days was working toward a repeat appearance in the Book of Life. They didn’t have to worry about Tweeting in synagogue, entertaining vegan dinner guests, practicing synagogue-dating etiquette or purchasing tickets that equal a down payment on a country house. Since many of us…
On Sunday, my family and I went mini-golfing at a place called the Magic Castle. My three-year-old daughter Hannah had never gone golfing before. Nonetheless, she insisted on swinging the club herself and had a great time hitting the ball as best she could. On one of the holes, she took about ten strokes and…
Jennifer Gilmore’s fiction centers on an inevitability — that everything from the food we eat to our friends and politics is affected by the ideas first formed in our childhood homes. The author of the National Jewish Book Award nominated “Golden Country” (Scribner, 2006), Gilmore writes about families with beautiful acuity — celebrating how everyday…
In his 2006 reelection campaign, Virginia Senator George Allen’s Jewish roots were among the issues that brought him down. Not the fact that his mother was raised as a Jew, but rather his attempts to hide this fact from Virginia voters. Now, as Allen seeks to win back his Senate seat in 2012, the Republican…
It’s a synagogue that opens its doors but once a year. Here, at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital, a sunlit space used for medical seminars on mending the body is transformed — for three days, at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur — into a sanctuary to comfort the soul. In this congregation — a mix of…
In this week’s Forward Reporters’ Roundtable, host Josh Nathan-Kazis speaks with staff writer Gal Beckerman about Israel’s U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren and about why, during his first 18 months in the position, he is perceived as falling short of the great expectations that followed his appointment. Then editor Jane Eisner discusses the first installment of…
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Beef: A Deli-Lover?s Barbecue Brisket Con Chipotle Brisket in Wine Sauce Chile Rubbed Brisket (created by Ivry Stark, Executive Chef of Dos Caminos Park Avenue South in Manhattan) Citrus London Broil Ella Sax?s Sweet and Sour Meatballs Floymen Tsimmes (Honey-Sweetened Brisket With Vegetables and Prunes) Khalia Kauffman/Ferst Family Brisket Mafrum Meat Cholent Meat Cholent Ronnie…
Savory: Aunt Carmenza´s Buñuelo Recipe Deep-Fried Ricotta Balls DIY Kosher Mozzarella Goat Milk Farmer?s Cheese Kale and Gruyere Noodle Kugel Perfect Cream Cheese Yid.Dish: Delicious, Flavorful, Versatile Yogurt Yid.Dish: English Pea Risotto Yid.Dish: Homemade Yogurt and Buttermilk Yid.Dish: Israeli Caprese Salad Yid.Dish: Lasagna Yid.Dish: Nasturtium Butter, A Gardener Cooks Yid.Dish: Sugar River Macaroni and Cheese…
Rosh Hashanah: Chickpea Cakes with Lime Honey Dipping Sauce Fesenjan (Chicken in Pomegranate Walnut Sauce) Green Rice Holiday Challah Honey Balls Mead and Hard Cider Cocktails Poached Apples and Pears in Orange Blossom Water Yid.Dish: Chili Peppers on [Rosh Hashana](https://forward.com/schmooze/320610/rosh-hashana/ “Rosh Hashana”)h Yid.Dish: Crema di Zucca (Pumpkin Soup) Yid.Dish: Delicata Squash Soup with Apple Croutons…
Met Council — A Lifeline of Services Honors Realtor Peter Riguardi “As my grandmother in Taiwan would say, ‘Mazel tov!’” joked City Comptroller John Liu as he joined Rep. Carolyn Maloney in praising the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty at its August 4 luncheon, held at Guastavino’s and honoring Builder of the Year award recipient…
