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May 2010 Archives

Making Memorial Day meaningful

posted by Homeshuling

In Israel, Memorial Day is known as Yom Hazikaron. It’s a far cry from our Memorial Day – instead of sales and barbecues, much of the country shuts down for twenty-four hours, and the entire country truly does shut down [...]

The Sabbath World comes to visit. I wish she could stay.

posted by Homeshuling

On the second day of Passover, a curious time for a show of interest to the Jewish community to be broadcast, I happened to turn on Fresh Air with Terry Gross when she was interviewing Judith Shulevitz about her new [...]

Jewish Music Together

posted by Homeshuling

After seeing two children through toddlerhood, I have sat through enough rounds of “Hello, everybody, so glad to see you” in Music Together classes to set my teeth on edge. If only we had something like this music class, Jewish [...]

Observing shabbat – it’s all good

posted by Homeshuling

My level of religious observance has gone through many phases. I was raised in a minimally observant, but highly Jewishly identified, home. I went to Orthodox day school, Labor Zionist sleepover camp, and a Conservative synagogue, followed by a mostly [...]

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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 | read full post »

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 | read full post »

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 | read full post »

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 | read full post »

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 | read full post »


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