JScreen, a national nonprofit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases, announced plans for the annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week (JGSAW), taking place February 1-5, 2021. Started last year and with organizational partners across the country, JGSAW will focus on powerful events, timely information and resources to help raise awareness about the…
To know a land is to know its people. Experience the political and religious diversity of Israel through authentic and intimate conversations with young Israelis from across the length and breadth of the country. Meet an Israeli settler, a left-wing Peace Now! Activist, an ultra-orthodox yeshiva bucher, and a Muslim Palestinian in open…
UpStart is proud to announce the 52 professionals accepted into the four national cohorts of its Change Accelerator program. UpStart’s Change Accelerator equips intrapreneurs – the bold leaders making meaningful change within our community’s Jewish institutions – to employ an entrepreneur’s mindset, change course quickly, and develop creative solutions to meet the current moment….
How to Make Pesach in 5 Days removes the pressure and restores the joy of Pesach preparations — for real! An easy-to-follow five-day blueprint — along with sample menus, shopping lists, and heirloom recipes — helps you move quickly and efficiently through the steps of removing chametz, kashering the kitchen, and shopping and cooking…
The Paley Center for Media announced today a new quarterly series as part of their renowned PaleyImpact series, which will focus on the media’s powerful shaping influence in combating the rise of antisemitism. Hate groups continue to find new channels to share their anti-Semitic message, spread misinformation, and recruit new followers. To address this…
The title says it all! Recipe by Lemony Thyme Ingredients: 16 Double Stuf Oreos 8 regular-sized Reeses Peanut Butter Cups 1½ cup milk chocolate chips 1 tsp. butter Instructions: Remove tops from 16 Oreos, keeping the cream sides up. You can freeze the 16 tops to use later for a chocolate cookie pie crust….
Sometimes the easiest suppers are the tastiest ones. This chicken takes minutes to prepare, you can put it your oven and forget about it for five hours, and come home to a delicious, moist, flavorful roasted chicken. Recipe By Chayie Schlisselfeld for Kosher.com Ingredients: 1 whole chicken 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon paprika 1…
Soft, pillowy rolls stuffed with fabulous seasonings: garlic, cilantro, scallions, and sesame seeds, are the perfect end to the week. Recipe courtesy Madeline Hall Ingredients: for the challah dough 2 teaspoons active dry yeast 1/2 cup lukewarm water 1 tsp. sugar plus 2 tablespoons 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs…
Photo: A variety of Foraminifera from the sea floor. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers advocate using seashells to monitor currently undetected industrial pollution from factories and desalination plants along the Israeli coastline and worldwide. “We have accurately quantified trace amounts of heavy metal enrichment from desalination plants on the Mediterranean coast of…
Eve and Gadi Levy are the rabissa and rabbi, respectively, at Congregation Ahavath Achim, Portland’s Sephardic Synagogue. Eve is also the executive director at Inspired Jewish Women and the former director of Women’s Programming at Portland Kollel. Eve and Gadi have been such an asset to the Jewish community of Portland, while we will…
