Category Life

Calcutta: community, family, history

photo - There are a few vestiges that remain of the Jewish community in Calcutta, including the Jewish Girls’ School and Nahoum’s

There are a few vestiges that remain of the Jewish community in Calcutta, including the Jewish Girls’ School and Nahoum’s. (photos by David Berson) It was family history, alongside a taste for discovery, that took local Jewish community member and…

Chanukah with Alzheimer’s

photo - from chabad.org for story on celebrating the holidays with family who have dementia

(photo from chabad.org) Bubby’s crispy latkes, Grandpa’s melodious singing and the image of multiple generations gazing at the Chanukah flames – these are among some of our most cherished memories of Chanukah. But what are we to do when someone…

Holiday family learning

With kids off school and parents home from work, the winter holidays are perfect for creating family time to play and learn together. ABC Life Literacy Canada offers these holiday family literacy tips to warm your heart and feed your…

It’s time to make sufganiyot

photo - There are so many flavors of sufganiyot to be found in Jerusalem around this time of year

There are so many flavors of sufganiyot to be found in Jerusalem around this time of year. (photo by Barry A. Kaplan) From Israel have come two popular foods for Chanukah: sufganiyot (doughnuts, often filled with jelly) and ponchikot, which are…

Latin American treats

image - Gluten Free Around the World book cover

Aviva Kanoff has been described as “the Indiana Jones of cooking,” and the subtitle of her latest book, Gluten Free Around the World (Brio Books, 2014), is “a journey of food, travel and extraordinary adventure.” She is a graduate of…