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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…
Warm yourself this winter with Israel’s favorite hot milk drink
First ISRAEL21c started with doughnuts, now they teach you how to make the popular Middle East hot milk beverage – sachlav – in the second cooking video of their new Tayim (tasty) series. In less than a minute, 21see’s Tayim videos teach you how to make classic Israeli dishes in your own kitchen. SACHLAV Ingredients…
As Jews Prepare for Hanukkah, Israeli Bakeries Reinvent the Doughnut
By Jessica Halfin, Israel 21c We all love the classic Hanukkah sufganiya — a light and puffy fried donut made from yeasted enriched dough, filled with red jam and topped with a generous dusting of powdered sugar. There are few greater joys than taking a bite and letting the jam squirt out the other end,…
2018 Hanukkah Gift Guide
You can enter to win the items on this page! Go to orjewishlife.com/i-feel-lucky to enter! MAH JONGG CHANUKAH MENORAH Celebrate Hanukkah with this lovely menorah with Mah Jongg tiles on a wood base. $10.50 mahjongg4fun.com CHANUKAH, HANUKKAH…PASS THE BEER No matter how you spell Chanukah, imbibers will be holding the official chosen beer for…
Tips for a pleasurable Passover
Passover, which begins this year at sundown on March 30, is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays. Every year families gather around the seder table to celebrate their Jewish heritage and commemorate the freedom of the Jewish people from Egyptian slavery and their Exodus from Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. Often Jewish…
Rosh Hashanah Feast
Photo: Brisket photo by Daniel Lailah; Food styling by Amit Farber. Originally appeared in Mishpacha Magazine Family Table and Kosher.com. BRISKET Originally appeared in Mishpacha Magazine Family Table and Kosher.com By Brynie Greisman For years I’ve been dreaming about how to mimic the flavor and texture of meat they serve at simchas. I had my…
Dry Bones Haggadah targets future generations
Yaakov Kirschen followed the haggadah pledge of “Next Year in Jerusalem” when, in 1971, he “schlepped a wife and three kids” with him from New York to Israel. To mark the 40th year of “Dry Bones,” his internationally syndicated editorial cartoon peopled (and “dogged”) by Mr. Shuldig and Doobie, his irrepressible pet, Kirschen has crafted…