This is the Forward’s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
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Recipes Recipes That Survived the Journey From Ethiopia
In this week’s edition of the Forward, Ingredients columnist Leah Koenig writes about the Shabbat traditions of the Ethiopian Jewish community. Savor the recipes below. Doro Wat The use of spice is very subjective in Ethiopian cuisine, so add or subtract to your liking. You can find berbere at specialty food shops, and order a…
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Food Mixing Bowl: NYC’s Best Challah?; Hummus Addiction
New Yorkers no longer have to go to Tel Aviv for Uri Scheft’s extraordinary bread, his shop has come to Union Square. [Grub Street] Apparently, an addiction to hummus is a thing — and Kate Moss is suffering from it. Sorry, Kate. [Grub Street] Shabbat dessert is a great time for a special treat. Try…
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Recipes Shabbat Meals: Kale Salad Is My Birthright
I was, quite literally, born to cook traditional Shabbat dinners for large groups of hungry guests. Named for two of my great-grandmothers, I grew up being regaled with tales of their culinary abilities. My maternal great-grandmother, Pesha, was known for her Shabbat challahs, pastries and cookies. Even as adults, all of her children visited her…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Slam Winnipeg JCC for Early Shabbat Opening
Rabbis in Winnipeg have criticized a decision by the Jewish community center in the Canadian city to open earlier on Shabbat. The recent decision by the Rose and Max Rady JCC to open at 8 a.m. on Saturdays instead of at noon means “the final vestige of observance of this most significant mitzvah … has…
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Food Shabbat Dinner, Havana Style
On a balmy afternoon in January of 1969, my mother and her family left their sprawling farm in Cuba for the promise of a new life filled with opportunity in the United States. Like many other immigrant families, they worked hard to assimilate into the culture of their new home country. My grandfather went to…
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Recipes Shabbat Meals: Grown-Up Macaroni and Cheese
Last week, I impulsively decided to host my first Shabbat diner. Like buying a far too expensive pair of black patent leather pumps, I had hastily decided to embark on this meal on a gutsy whim with little foresight into the physical and emotional ramifications. One cab ride after being defeated by four bags of…
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Fast Forward Ping Pong Prodigy Won’t Play on Shabbat
Estee Ackerman, an 11-year-old table tennis star, was disqualified from the national finals when her match fell on Friday evening and she chose not to play, the New York Post reported. “I practiced and trained for six months for this,” the sixth-grader from West Hempstead, L.I. told the paper “Ping pong is important to me,…
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Recipes Thanksgiving Leftovers Get a Shabbat Makeover
With all the cooking that leads up to Thanksgiving — there turkey to prepare, cranberry sauce, all those pies and don’t forget the gravy — no one, not even the most dedicated cooks, wants to exert that energy all over again for Shabbat the following day. But plain leftovers, in the form of a turkey…
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