Jewish and Israeli Holidays
The day-school-educated son of immigrants from Lviv and Kyiv who now live in the Baltimore area has raised more than $20,000 to bring food to some 1,100 Ukrainian Jews.
“With this statement, the State Department has effectively given Palestinian groups a green light to attack Israel,” Jonathan Schanzer, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.
Some experts say costs are steep even when adjusted for inflation, while kosher-food companies point to other factors, such as staff shortages.
Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, begins on the evening of April 25 and continues the following day.
Protesters against the government’s judicial reform push have launched a “Day of Paralysis.”
Traditional holiday dishes can be flavored with never-before available dried spices and herbs, many of them mixed medleys like za’atar, shawarma and hawaij.
It was my mother who taught me how to beat egg whites into “stiff peaks” for baking holiday sponge cakes.
Police search for a man who toppled a wooden menorah, damaged a car and threw bricks at the synagogue’s front door.
Still, attendees hailed the event, which was held two days after Purim, for its diversity.
Skip the usual soup and stick with the two proteins: fish and meat. Each may become a year-round favorite.
“We’re proud of the close relationship we have with the Jewish communities of Hackney,” a New Scotland Yard spokesman tells JNS.
The holiday started after sundown on Monday and continues through Tuesday evening, with Shushan Purim lasting through Wednesday.
