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April Jewish Book Carnival
I'm honored to be hosting this month's edition of the Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly event where Jewish Bloggers who blog about books can meet, read and comment on each other's posts.
Jill Broderick shares two reviews of the New American Haggadah, one at Legal Legacy, and one at Rhapsody in Book
posted 6:00:02am Apr. 15, 2012 |
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Surprisingly decent Passover cookies
Looking for an easy dessert for seder? Try these jelly-matzoh-thumbprint cookies, which I loved as a kid, and still think are pretty good (for Passover, that is.)
2 eggs
3/4 c. sugar
1 c. cake meal
2 T potato starch
1/2 c. shortening (I'm all about coconut oil for my pareve baking this year.)
posted 6:13:47am Apr. 05, 2012 |
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Matzoh Charlotte - my favorite Passover recipe
I thought this was an old family recipe. And it is, sort of. Our family has been serving it at seder for at least as long as the Israelites wandered in the desert. But it comes from a cookbook - the Molly Goldberg Jewish cookbook - a gem worth buying just for the commentaries on the recipes ("By
posted 6:03:16am Apr. 04, 2012 |
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Teaching the Four Questions to young children
One of the greatest privileges of being a kindergarten teacher in a Jewish day school is having the opportunity to teach children to recite the four questions. Unlike almost anything else I teach them about Jewish ritual, this is "real work." The candles will get blessed, kiddush will be recited, an
posted 7:36:03am Apr. 01, 2012 |
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Guess what's Kosher for Passover (this will change your life.)
I'm not exaggerating.
The bane of my Passover existence has been pareve baking. I cook a lot more meat during the holiday than I do the rest of the year, which means a lot more pareve desserts. Which has, up until now, usually meant margarine made from disgusting ingredients such as cottonseed oi
posted 5:02:27pm Mar. 22, 2012 |
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posted May 12, 2009 at 12:55 am
I am definitely going to incorporate this into our family tradition next year. Thanks for the idea and the photos (visual aids are ALWAYS helpful!).
posted May 12, 2009 at 6:50 am
This was our first, but I’ll definitely do it again – it was so much fun. We invited my kindergartner’s whole class to come and join us.
posted May 12, 2009 at 9:13 am
Can’t believe there is a Jewish excuse to build a bonfire in one’s backyard. One word: AWESOME.
When the boys are big enough appreciate that, we’re definitely doing it too. Thanks for the idea.
posted May 12, 2009 at 9:15 am
It’s definitely worth waiting. We had one baby there, and we had to all spend a lot of time running interventions to keep her from walking right into the fire.
posted May 12, 2009 at 11:15 am
We did the same thing! That’s a neat fire pit thingy – where did you get it? We used a little old-fashioned grill (the kind you can use on a balcony) , with considerably less panache.
posted May 12, 2009 at 11:46 am
We borrowed it from a friend, but I’m going to ask her where she got it, because I want one too!
posted May 13, 2009 at 1:51 am
posted May 14, 2009 at 10:58 am
I hate to ask such a mundane question, but do you know where the suction-cup bow and arrow set came from? I want a few for next year’s big Family Education do at my shul. The set at Back to Basics Toys is 35 bucks.
posted May 14, 2009 at 11:32 am
I don’t know where they came from, but since she bought 3, I’m sure they weren’t very expensive. I’ll ask for you-
As for the fire pit, my friend who owns it doesn’t remember where she got it.
posted May 22, 2009 at 12:19 am
ok ok I’m embarrassed to say where the suction cuppy bow and arrow set came from… but it was the only place i could find it and I was feeling the uncontrollable urge for some Yochanan ben Zakkai bow and arrow action in the backyard… my rare appearance in … walmart ! in the “wild west” toys section! 6 bucks…