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Yid.Dish: Pumpkin Seed Pesto
Delicious on almost anything – pasta, roasted vegetables, chicken, bread, drizzled in soups …. Yield: 1 ½ cups Ingredients: 4 cups loosely packed fresh basil leaves, washed ( about 1 large bunch or 2 small bunches) 1-3 cloves garlic ¼ – ½ cup toasted pumpkinseeds 1 cup extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper to…
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Yid.Dish: Creamy Garlic Ranch Dressing
This is a really satisfying (and healthy) dip. When you taste it, you wont believe that it is made with yogurt! they key is to taste as you go – and keep adjusting the seasoning until it tastes just right (after all some garlic cloves are HUGE other are tiny, some are extremely potent others…
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After Mumbai Attacks, Chabad Movement Grieves Around the World
Tel Aviv — Hours after news filtered out of Mumbai that Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg were dead, 8,000 miles away at Chabad of Atlanta, Georgia, a congregant was called to the Torah to name his one-day-old daughter. It was obvious to him what she should be called — Rivka. Neither the father, Yaakov Citrin, nor…
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Chicago Temple Takes New Security in Stride
Chicago — On a recent Sunday afternoon at a historic Chicago synagogue, the sanctuary was packed but the mood was restrained: A longtime congregant had died, and about 300 people had turned out for his funeral service. But amid the solemnity, the occasional mourner discreetly pulled loved ones out to the synagogue’s front steps to…
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On Farewell Tour, Olmert Fails To Convince Even His Own Community
Washington — Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who just made his final round of farewells in Washington, is leaving unfinished the task of convincing American Jewry to rally behind his call for the establishment of a Palestinian state. In meeting with a group of Jewish leaders November 25, Olmert repeated his call to seize…
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Workers at Alle Kosher Meat Plant Reject Union in Contested Vote
Workers at one of the nation’s largest kosher meat producers have voted against joining a union, though the union that led the drive is contesting the vote and accusing the company of foul play. The November 13 vote at the Alle Processing factory in Queens came amid widespread scrutiny of labor conditions in the kosher…
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Yad Vashem Broadens Holocaust Story by Reaching Out to Haredim
Jerusalem — The Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem was designed as a place for Jews to come together and though it has been the one definite stop for every foreign head of state, until very recently, it has been a recurring source of divisions within the Jewish world. Since Yad Vashem opened in 1953, ultra-Orthodox, or…
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After Israel Pulls Out, Obama Faces Tough Decision on Durban II Racism Conference
One of the first foreign policy issues facing Barack Obama when he takes office in January will be to decide whether the United States will participate in a United Nations conference on topics close to his heart: racism and discrimination. The Bush administration has indicated that American diplomats would not attend the so-called “Durban II”…
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Sand for Sale: An Unusual Solution to Theft in the Negev
Tel Aviv, Israel — Land disputes are nothing new in the Middle East, but the latest battles are over an unexpected part of Israel’s territory — its sand. In recent months, the Israel Land Administration, the government agency that owns most of the land in Israel, has become concerned about building contractors who have been…
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The Voice of Al Franken
AL FRANKEN — IN HIS OWN WORDS Returning from Washington on November 19, in the “quiet (no cell phone) car” of the Acela Express, I recognized the voice of Al Franken. Crossing the train’s aisle, I approached the dapper-suited Franken — then in the vortex of a recount in his Minnesota senatorial race against GOP…
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Cooking Up a (Healthy) Storm
Susie Fishbein, kosher food maven and author of the popular cookbook series “Kosher by Design,” prides herself on being the Rachael Ray of kosher cooking. Her recipes, she claims, are accessible to everyday people. So when her new cookbook, “Kosher by Design Lightens Up” (Mesorah Publications), came out last month, I thought I’d use it…
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