“Are you sure you want to buy so many Chanukah candle boxes?!” the surprised and a bit perplexed vendor at the Makolet (corner grocery store) asked me the other day. I couldn’t help but smile and patiently explain that besides...
Read MoreSukkos has always been my favorite holiday. As a child, I would wait eagerly for my father to come home from work and put up the sukkah. It was a magical place to live out all my fantasies. I was in my element making paper...
Read MoreRosh Hashanah is supposed to be the day we coronate the King of the World. It can be rather humbling and sometimes we fail in our mission… but sometimes we don’t. When I had a few young kids, I also wanted to sit with the...
Read More“You know Jewish women are crazy?” my friend Rita said to me recently. We were standing in the aisle of the supermarket with loaded down carts each. I gave Rita a questioning look. I never thought I was crazy but Rita...
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If you’re still wondering what to cook for Shavuot, here is a great recipe that everybody...
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