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Honey cake is the sweet baked treat many Jews eat on Rosh Hashanah to bring in a sweet Jewish New Year. For many, the cake has come to be a symbol. As children, the smells and flavors that...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 15, 2022
Sadly, last month there was a disturbance in the force for those of us who love a good babka. Broyt Baking Co., a small baking outlet located in Creve Coeur, announced it was shutting down operations,...
(JTA) — Eugene Ginter was 12 days shy of his sixth birthday when he was liberated from Auschwitz in January 1945. Emaciated and alone, Ginter landed first in a hospital and then in an orphanage in Krakow,...
Catherine Horowitz, The Jewish Women’s Archive
• Published September 13, 2022
Charcuterie is an undeniable trend these days—my Instagram feed is full of posts from various charcuterie-related accounts, and it seems like any fancy restaurant I go to has a cheese board on...
Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published September 13, 2022
They say all good things are worth waiting for. That’s certainly how organizers of the second Sababa Jewish Arts and Cultural Festival are approaching this year’s event, after postponing it twice,...
MARGI LENGA KAHN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 12, 2022
Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sundown Sunday, Sept. 25, ushers in the 10 “Days of Awe,” which culminate with Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is a beautiful holiday on its own, rich with symbolism and...
(New York Jewish Week) — Kosher Chinese restaurants in New York City moved quickly to distance themselves from a restaurant in New Jersey that lost the stamp of approval from one of the largest kosher...
CALEB GUEDES-REED, JTA
• Published September 6, 2022
(JTA) – A steaming bowl of chicken soup. Crispy, flaky schnitzel. Rich, chocolate rugelach. These are the foods that come to mind for many when they hear the term “Jewish comfort food.”
What happens...
BY JACKIE HAJDENBERG, JTA
• Published September 1, 2022
“Whoever needs, come and eat.”
That’s the quote from the Talmud — the book of Jewish law — that welcomes customers to Goldie’s Bagels in Columbia, Missouri, telling them that people who...
BY MIRI ROTKOVITZ, THE NOSHER
• Published August 31, 2022
Babka is having a major moment, and why not? There are lots to love about the loaves of twisted dough, generously interspersed with a filling that usually involves lots of chocolate. Many professional...
