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Latkes: Best-ever or easiest – you decide
Best-Ever Potato Latkes Niki Russ Federman from Food & Wine Magazine makes the tastiest, crispiest latkes with both scallions and onion. Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds baking potatoes, peeled and coarsely shredded on a box grater 1 medium onion, coarsely shredded on a box grater 2 large eggs, beaten 1/2 cup finely chopped scallions 1/4 cup…
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How do you spell it?
Hanukkah, Chanukah, Hanukah, Chanukkah, Hanukka, Chanukka. During a recent Google search for the word “Hanukkah,” I found more than 15 variations on how to spell the Festival of Lights. Every year when we are working on the issue that includes Hanukkah, we go back and forth between spelling it Hanukkah or Chanukah. The only easy…
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Holiday Gift Guide: For Him
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How were YOUR holidays this year?
The Jewish High Holidays and Sukkot have come and gone and this year, unlike any other, posed new and significant challenges for all of us in different ways because of COVID-19. Yet it also offered new opportunities. So, on the spiritual report card of life, how did we do? In years past, we took for…
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The Best is Yet to Come – Rosh Hashanah starters and sides
These dishes complement the main meal and are healthy and visually appealing too! Lentil and Rice Pilaf with Browned Onions (Mujaderra) Mujaderra, a hearty and satisfying lentil and rice pilaf, has for centuries been a staple in the Middle Eastern diet, as well as in the cuisine of Jews around the world with Middle Eastern…
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A new ritual for an unprecedented New Year
The Jewish New Year is upon us — usually a time for reflection, renewal, community and celebration. But this year, we won’t be schmoozing in synagogue or sitting around a packed holiday table, and we are yearning for connection. To that end, the team at American Jewish World Service has created a ritual to bring…
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Shofar Sounds and Jewish Unity
By Joshua Goldstein The shofar sounds that we blow on the High Holidays take on a new meaning this year as we enter the holiday. Traditionally, the notes tekiah, shevarim, and teruah represent different notes of cries. This idea of crying is meant to stir our conscience during the time of Rosh Hashanah to confront our past…
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Hanukkah Happenings
Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday, Dec. 22. There are many celebrations happening: Dec. 21 & 22 Sharing the Light Tickets $20 & up. Join in the spirit of shared holiday traditions by attending a joyful musical collaboration between Kol Echad, Choir of Congregation Beth Israel and the Trinity Choirs, Pacific Youth Choir, Portland Chamber…