This is the Forward’s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
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Recipes Shabbat Meals: Sweet and Sour Stuffed Cabbage
It happens the same way each year. Just as the leaves begin to turn colors and the crisp fall air fills my lungs, I get a frantic phone call from my mother. I hear the desperation in her voice, and I know it can be about only one thing: pareve ginger snaps. These little trinkets…
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The Schmooze It’s Too Early To Criticize Gilad Shalit
That didn’t take long. Gilad Shalit is now fair game for criticism, so it seems. Shas Minister Meshulam Nahari publicly condemned Shalit for going to the beach on his first Sabbath out of captivity, instead of going to synagogue. So reports Ynet. Well I don’t know about you, but I’d say it’s fair that after…
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Food Harvard’s Vegetarian Cholent
I spent most of freshman year at Harvard threatening to transfer. I quickly realized college wasn’t going to be a delightful blur of Solo cups, but rather, a lot of solitary lunches. I was tired of the awkward icebreakers, and all I desired was the comfort and familiarity I had enjoyed at home. Luckily, I…
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The Schmooze Sabbath Dilemma: Should Jews Watch Game 7?
The St. Louis Cardinals’ miraculous, epic 10-9 win over the Texas Rangers last night is already being called one of the greatest baseball games ever played. But within minutes of the win, it provoked one of those soul-searching conflicts for St. Louis’ Orthodox Jews: to watch or not to watch the game on Friday night….
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Recipes Shabbat Meals: Tower of Babel Menu
Most of the Shabbat dinners at my home are seasonal. Usually this means relying on what I find fresh in the market to inspire the menu that I make. This week however, I’m taking my inspiration from the seasons of the Torah. In the story of Noah, this week’s Torah part, the tale of the…
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Food Shabbat Meals: Gefilte Fish a la Veracruzana
Growing up in Mexico City, each Sunday Susan Schmidt would stand on a chair a few feet behind her Hungarian grandmother — who emigrated from Budapest to Mexico in the late 1920’s — and watch her prepare nokedli, Hungarian dumpling, served with chicken and paprika. But, Susan didn’t start cooking on her own till she…
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The Schmooze Making a Case for the ‘Sabbath Elevator’
Secular-religious tensions in Israel have reached new heights — literally. After three years of controversy among residents, homeowners at 14 Jabotinsky Street in Jerusalem’s Talbieh neighborhood have voted to use the building’s elevator every Sabbath as a “Shabbat elevator.” In a nod to the religious prohibition against pressing buttons on the Sabbath, the elevator will…
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The Schmooze London Installs ‘Sabbath Mode’ Walk Signal
London is getting a “hands free” crosswalk so that observant Jews don’t have to risk their lives on the Sabbath. Until now, pedestrians need to press a button on London crosswalks and wait for a “green man” to light up to signal they should cross. But for years, this has caused a problem for congregants…
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