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Shoshana Laufer: Cooking up connections in the Jewish community

Rebbetzin Shoshana Laufer and her husband, Rabbi Yossi Laufer, run the Chabad of West Bay Chai Center, in Warwick. Shoshana’s love of Kosher cooking and her culinary skills have made a … more

Patricia Raskin | 6/2/22

Use your Rosh Hashanah leftovers for an apple tahini crumble

When the Jewish New Year comes around, it’s common to find apple cake or honey cake on many Ashkenazi tables, since both honey and apple are common ingredients for Rosh Hashanah dishes. But … more

SHANNON SARNA | 10/7/22

Food influencer Eitan Bernath has a new cookbook

(New York Jewish Week) – Eitan Bernath props up his iPhone, checks his mic and tries to remember the order of his cookie recipe. He’s about to go live on his Instagram feed, which has … more

JULIA GERGELY | 6/2/22

You can adopt your very own olive tree in Israel

Individuals and groups can now adopt an olive tree in Israel, and then enjoy the boutique olive oil it produces. Kobi Asaf, founder of My Tree in Israel, envisions it as a way that people around … more

LARRY KATZ | 6/3/22

Did Maimonides introuce pizza to the world?(Wikimedia Commons / Pixabay)

Did this ancient Jewish scholar introduce the world to pizza?

(JTA) — In 1983, the Italian-Israeli professor Sandra Debenedetti Stow stunned the scholarly world with an explosive article that proposed that Jews introduced pizza to the European diet. … more

Henry Abramson | 5/10/19

Apple-themed delicacies

According to legend, Marina Tsvetaeva, the famous Russian poetess, and her sister Anastasia, liked to host literary evenings and serve this dessert. Make this simple but delicious cake and pretend you’re gallivanting with the intelligentsia at the … more

Irina Missiuro | 12/19/13

9 Persian ingredients to try now

LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Persian culture makes up an important part of the Jewish community in New York, Israel and especially Southern California, where some 45,000 Persian Jews reside. The cuisine of this strong, close-knit community is not … more

SHANNON SARNA | 12/11/15

Joan Nathan cookbook brings families together

JTA – When Brazil native Fabio Rosenfeld brought up launching a search for his grandfather’s sister who had survived the Holocaust, I opened my “National Geographic Atlas of the World” to locate her hometown of Reghin. A week later, the … more

HILLEL KUTTLER | 12/11/15

Three steps to a healthier you

Starting a diet or diving headfirst into a workout plan may be the first steps to enhancing your personal health, but once you’ve started down the path to better fitness and nutrition, … more

FAMILY FEATURES | 1/10/19

The miraculous healing power of ‘The Soup’

Chicken soup is the mother of all cures. — Rabbi Shmuel Tiechtel, of the Rohr Chabad at Arizona State University, quoted in the Arizona Republic With January … more

LARRY KESSLER | 1/10/19