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A postcard featuring the work “In Prayer – In War” by Polish-American artist and cartoonist Mitchell Loeb (1889-1968). (internet photo) Of all the Jewish holidays, Hanukkah is the one most intimately connected to Israel and the Zionist dream. It mirrors…
Last year, a great miracle happened here: Beaver Point Hall on Salt Spring Island. (photo by R. Shefa) Hanukkah is a celebratory festival with oodles of delicious food – mostly fried – songs, candles and gatherings. It is also considered…
These latkes can be made vegan, gluten-free and with reduced oil – or not. (photo by Michelle Dodek) They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat. This refrain encapsulates how Jews celebrate a number of holidays and view our…
French is one of the main languages one hears on the streets of multicultural Jerusalem today, along with Hebrew, Arabic, English and Russian. More than 2,170 French Jews moved to Israel in 2024. The number in 2025 is projected to…
Nico Pallota’s Greek Orzo Salad. (photo from hilltoprecipes.com) My house, my rules. And those rules were recently transformed. No more fatty foods, no more carbs, no more booze. OK, an amendment is in order. Fewer fatty foods, fewer and more…
Tori Avey’s Honey Apple Bundt Cake before being dusted with sugar powder or decorated with icing. (photo by Shelley Civkin) Rosh Hashanah may well be in the rearview mirror, but Tori Avey’s Honey Apple Bundt Cake (toriavey.com/honey-apple-cake) is guaranteed to…
From the “Tribe of Reuben”: a culinary heart-attack-on-a-plate, never mind the trayf factor. (photo by Alan C. / flickr.com) On the last morning of our five-day trip to Victoria this summer, my husband Harvey woke me at 6:30 with the…
This year’s Rosh Hashanah cover art was created by Elaine Arenson in 2024 for Chai Cancer Care, the British Jewish community’s national cancer support organization. “This is my tree of Chai, my tree of light,” she wrote about the image.…
