This is the Forward’s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
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Food Shabbat Brunch: Apple-Oatmeal Pancakes
It’s Saturday morning. OK, let’s be honest, it’s probably already early afternoon. My husband and I drag ourselves out of bed and head straight for the kitchen. It’s our Shabbat ritual — we wake up, spend hours preparing dish after dish and then sit down to a leisurely, luxurious lunch. Eggs of some sort, lots…
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Food Shabbat Meals: The Bachelor Edition
There is something to be said about men who can cook, and even more to be said about men who can’t cook but at least put in the effort. This post is for neither of those types. This is for those bachelors who probably live with other dudes in their first apartment out of college,…
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News Rubbing Elbows With Famous in Davos
When the initial toasts at a dinner are for world leaders, global business luminaries and Nobel laureates sitting a few feet away, you know you’re in the right place. Davos Shabbat, held every year at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, is one of the hottest invites at the annual gathering. It always draws the…
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Recipes Shabbat Meals: Syrian Kibbe
“Stop picking,” my grandmother always scolded, swatting away our little hands. “There won’t be enough for everybody else.” While waiting for the men to return from synagogue, my grandmother and all the women in our family busied themselves in the kitchen, beautifully arranging plates of food. We grandchildren stealthily poached samples from those plates, grabbing…
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Food Iraqi Overnight Stew Perfect for Shabbat
In her modest, shack-like home in southern Israel, my great aunt Toya served some of the best food I’ve ever tasted. After my Iraqi grandmother, Rachel, passed away, her cousin Toya (Victoria) Levy took it upon herself to fill void in our hearts and in our bellies. One of her duties was to prepare tbeet…
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Opinion Jack Lew and the Power of Shabbat
I hold two truths to be self-evident: First, the Jewish people and the world need Shabbat like never before. Second, the Torah intends for Jews — especially observant ones — to be visible, engaged in society and capable of taking on responsibility for others as opposed to just looking out for their parochial interests. In…
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Recipes Shabbat Meals: A Cocktail Party for Three
The way I always saw it, Shabbos dinner was a meal with a sizable reputation to uphold. It had to be not only festive, but also massive. When I was a kid, weekday dinner would involve a main dish, a side dish, maybe a salad. But a typical Shabbos meal at my parents’ house was…
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Recipes The Root of a Great Soup
In the Northeast, as winter creeps upon us and the weather seems to only get colder and brisker, one food seems to continually pop into my appetite: soup. As a self-proclaimed soup aficionado, I frequently find myself preparing new soup recipes, testing them out at Shabbat meals. Since my lentil soup proved a pre-fast hit…
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