There is really nothing to say today – only cry. Cry out of pain, out of anger, and out of helplessness of normalcy in relation to terror and murder. Today, when the news broke about the brutal murder of an innocent 13-year-old Israeli girl sleeping soundly in her bed by a 17-year-old Arab attacker, all I…
Month: June 2016
Let’s Help my Shul!
Dear reader, This is not a food post. I am trying to spread the word about the fundraising campaign for my synagogue. Please go to this link, see the video for yourself, and find it in your heart to donate a few dollars. This is really a unique congregation. Be a part of this mitzvah!…
Improvise!
It looks like summer is, finally, here. And with it the abundance of fruit and vegetables that really have a taste, as opposed to those that we have in winter – beautiful, but tasteless. That, of course, means that it’s time for salad. In my house, a housewife (me) never knows what she is going…
This is not the Shavuot I love
Shavuot is my favorite Holiday for many reasons. I believe that this is a special Holiday as it clearly marks the Jewish nation as the one designated to live in a specific way – to be a “light to the nations” (Isaiah 42:1). This is no small task, the responsibility both brings you up and…
Noshing Across the Nation 