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Opinion Shabbat Shalom, Comic Con!
Jewverine displays ‘adamantium’ menorah hands at Comic Con What’s it like to host Shabbat dinner at Comic Con? This year, my wife Chana and I decided to find out. We attended S. Diego Comic Con International, the annual nerd mecca that ran this past weekend and attracts comic book fans and pop culture geeks from…
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Breaking News Tel Aviv Shops Resist Shabbat Closing Law
Many Tel Aviv grocery stores stayed open on the Sabbath even though Israel’s interior minister rejected an amendment to a municipal statute that would have allowed their opening. Municipal inspectors handed out fines on Saturday of slightly more than $200 to the businesses that remained open despite an Israeli law that makes it illegal to…
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Opinion How Do We Celebrate When July 4 Is Shabbat?
Getty Images (JTA) — Part “God Bless America,” part “Shabbat Shalom,” the Fourth of July this year falls on a Friday. In this land of religious freedom, how do we plan to observe both? As the sun sets over the “fruited plain,” will we be lighting Shabbat candles and fireworks? How will the Sabbath Queen…
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Breaking News Tel Aviv Breaks Guinness Record for Largest Shabbat Dinner
More than 2,000 people set the Guinness World Record for “largest Shabbat dinner” in Tel Aviv. At an event Friday evening hosted by Chabad-Lubavitch and White City Shabbat, a Tel Aviv organization that hosts and coordinates Shabbat meals, 2,226 people gathered for what was billed as the largest Shabbat dinner ever. An official representative of…
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Recipes Amar’e Stoudemire’s Roast Chicken with Honey Cilantro Glaze
This straightforward dish doesn’t require a huge number of ingredients. Though the marinade is best when made with fresh herbs, you can sub in dried rosemary and dried thyme in a pinch. Just use a teaspoon of dried rosemary and 3⁄4 teaspoon of dried thyme. The glaze, which you can make ahead of time, really…
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The Schmooze Doug Liman on Action Movies and Shabbat With Dad
Doug Liman made his reputation directing “Swingers,” a film that helped establish the viability of independent film, not to mention the careers of Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. His personal favorite is “Go,” a movie he knows “no one saw.” But certainly Liman is best known as an action director: “Bourne Identity,” “Mr. & Mrs….
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Food Shabbat Dinner at the Chinese Herbalist’s Home
The kitchen walls are coated, floor to ceiling, in tiny bags of Chinese herbs, their Chinese names transliterated beneath them. In the living room the art is simple — charts of the body, the channels and meridians for acupuncture. There are enough couches to seat a family of fifteen. You don’t expect Chabadnicks to become…
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Breaking News Tel Aviv Council Votes To Allow Shops To Stay Open on Shabbat
Tel Aviv’s city council has approved an amendment that would allow a limited number of grocery and convenience stores to remain open on Shabbat and holidays. The amendment was approved by the municipality on Monday. It still must be approved by the country’s Interior Ministry. It is illegal in Israel to open retail businesses on…
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