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(photo from facebook.com/liatg) Benji Goldstein, who lives in Sioux Lookout with his family, is a full-time doctor working in indigenous communities in northern of Ontario. He has created for Chanukah an almost six-foot chanukiyah out of ice, improving his 1.0…
Standing on the Haas Promenade in southern Jerusalem overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, the Ethiopian priests wore traditional clothing and carried parasols. (photo by Gil Zohar) Approximately one-third of Israel’s 125,000-strong Ethiopian Jewish community came from across the country…
Did you notice what a great day it was today? Rain or shine, there are lots of people out there who are so happy you are alive. Besides yourself, I mean. I bet you did some things today that added…
In recent years, sufganiyot have easily become the unsung heroines of new Chanukah traditions. (photo from piqsels.com) Full disclosure, Chanukah has always been my favourite holiday. It has all the things a good holiday needs: dark wintery nights, deep-fried oily…
The chanukiyah is an expression of Jews’ commitment to place the particular into the mainstream of history. (photo from pxhere.com) Jewishness is not merely determined by a biological accident. It involves commitment and dedication to the spiritual worldview contained within…
The lights of chanukiyot could be seen in the neighbourhood windows. (photo by Neil Harris) There once was a dreidel named Dreidelhead. Dreidelhead had three brothers and lived with his parents in Flushing, N.Y. His first name was Noon but…
What does the word Maccabee mean? Who were the five sons of Mattathias? What is a Chanukah lamp called? What are the letters on a dreidel outside of Israel? Inside Israel? In which book of the Bible do we read…
(photo by Josh Evnin) In traditional Jewish cooking, brisket is most often braised as a pot roast, especially as a holiday main course, usually served at Rosh Hashanah, Passover and on the Sabbath. For reasons of economics and kashrut, it…
(photo from Umbe Ber/Pixabay) Every time I do a food column, I look up its history, and I am continually fascinated by what I learn. We all know what is pasta – unleavened semolina mixed with water or eggs and…
(photo by Kimberly Vardeman) Chocolate chips were created when chocolate chip cookies were invented in 1937 – Ruth Graves Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass., added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestlé chocolate bar to a cookie…
