Hannah S. Pressman, Author at Hadassah Magazine

A Nearly Extinct Language Experiences a Zoom Boom

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A Nearly Extinct Language Experiences a Zoom Boom

by Hannah S. Pressman

Whenever I am learning a language on a deep level, it permeates my dreams.

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Inheriting Family Heirlooms, and the Stories of Migration They Tell

by Hannah S. Pressman

When we leave home, we leave things behind. After that, we are in the import-export business of our own memories and family heirlooms.

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Chanie Apfelbaum, the creative force behind @busyinbrooklyn, is celebrating Passover alongside the release of her second cookbook, “Totally Kosher: Tradition With a Twist! 150+ Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day,’ available on shelves tomorrow. ⁠
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For more than a decade, it has been standard for many Orthodox publishers to decline showing women’s faces in any printed work. ⁠
With her new cookbook, featuring photographs of herself with her children, Apfelbaum is breaking that taboo. ⁠
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“Judaism has always celebrated women,” said Apfelbaum, who, as a child along with her mother and sister, was featured in a full-page Chabad advertisement in The New York Times promoting candelighting on Shabbat. “This idea of not printing women’s faces is a new-age concept within certain insular communities that distorts Torah values. It didn’t exist years ago. Having women featured in print should be the same as having men in print—a non-issue.” ⁠
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➡️ Tap the link in bio to read @adeenasussman’s profile on Apfelbaum, and try your hand at her Passover-ready recipes for Charoset Bars and Passover Panzanella With Matzo Brei Croutons. ...

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