Jun 12, 2024 · Dough Ingredients 2½+ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 large egg, beaten ¼ cup neutral oil ¼ cup butter (for dairy) or schmaltz (rendered chicken fat) or neutral oil (for pareve)

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Dec 9, 2024 · “In accordance with the situational assessment following the recent events in Syria, including the entry of armed personnel into the buffer zone, the IDF has deployed forces in the buffer zone and in several other places necessary for its defense, to ensure the safety of the communities of the Golan Heights and the citizens of Israel,” the army statement said.

Dec 20, 2024 · Michael Zimmerman (Courtesy of Michael Zimmerman) By Ellen Braunstein. The new interior of Makom Community was designed by Michael Zimmerman, an architect whose daughter Norah, 8, attends the Jewish after-school enrichment program in Philadelphia.

Dec 19, 2024 · A ballistic missile fired from Yemen severely damaged a school in Ramat Gan, Israel, Dec. 19, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90) Philissa Cramer

There are noticeable signs that change is in the air. Moving boxes are visible and there are empty spaces on some of the walls where photos had been hung. Yet the mood in Sen. Ben Cardin’s office is anything but glum. In fact, there’s a sense of buoyancy even though Cardin’s time as a U.S. senator from Maryland is coming to an end.

Since then, Held has poured everything into Mitzvah Circle, a nonprofit she started in 2009 aimed at offering hope and restoring dignity in those affected by poverty through aid and volunteer work grounded in Jewish values.

“We’re not the matzo-ball-eating and lox-and-schmear community that most people associate with [American Jews] or their bubbes,” he said. “By the way, I love bagels. It’s nothing against the Ashkenazi community, but there are common clichés of Judaism in America that don’t even come close to capturing the full mosaic that is the Jewish people.”

Dec 11, 2024 · With all that we know about rising antisemitic activity and attitudes it should come as no surprise that discrimination against Jews exists in the labor employment market just as it does in other areas of American life. We have seen reports of educational institutions seeking to “balance” admissions to the detriment of Jewish applicants. Similarly, concerns have been expressed about ...

When Rabbi Ari Saks was a kid, there were so many rabbis in his family that he thought maybe his talents would be best served in a different profession. His father was a rabbi, as was his father before him. In addition, Saks had uncles and cousins who worked on the bimah.