Letter from Corvallis: Seder in the House of Bondage
The metal detector at the outer gate of the Oregon State Correctional Institution did not perturb me. Nor did the fact that I had to
Let’s make bold plans to protect the earth together.
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Hanukka Gift Guide 2013Hanukka celebrations include family and tradition, good food and get-togethers and, of course, dreidel showdowns and the lighting of the menora. And yet it hasThe Missing Heroine of HanukkaThis Hanukka, for the sake of our daughters, let’s tell the missing piece of the Maccabee story. Let’s celebrate the Queen of the Jews, whoCooking à la Jerusalem for HanukkaEverything about Jerusalem is “complicated”: its political status, its soup-mix population of Arabs and Jews from wide diasporas, even its food. It is that last
Rugelach for Shavuot: Baking with Butter, Sour Cream and Cream CheeseBored of cheesecake and blintzes for Shavuot? How about luxuriously decadent dairy rugelach?
Sophisticated and Delicious Passover DessertsKosher desserts present a year-round challenge in their customary need to be non-dairy, if being served after a meal containing meat. Add to the culinaryPassover Delights for KidsAges 0 to 3 Dayenu! A Favorite Passover Song Illustrated by Miriam Latimer. (Scholastic/Cartwheel Books, 12 pp. $7.99) This board book is a cheery one—you canPassover 2012: New HaggadotEvery year, new Haggadot are published—yet there is never a surfeit of them. We welcome new versions in our eagerness to make our Seders personally
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