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Michele Alperin

On Sept. 18 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., Member of Knesset Erel Margalit (front, third from left) and incoming Tel-Hai College president Yossi Mekori (front, second from left) sign a memo of understanding to establish the New Jersey-Israel Healthy, Functional and Medical Foods Alliance between Rutgers and Tel-Hai. Credit: Ron Sachs.

Garden State and Jewish state share a table on food innovation

Michele Alperin

Oct. 28, 2015

Staff and participants of the Adamah Jewish farming program wash the harvest in Falls Village, Conn., in 2010. Credit: Courtesy of Hazon.

‘Jewish Food Movement’ comes of age

Michele Alperin

Dec. 21, 2014

Community members make a toast at the St. Louis NORC ( Naturally Occurring Retirement Community). A group of Jewish federations started NORC communities in response to a federal initiative to develop replicable models to deal with the coming increase in the senior population. Credit: St. Louis NORC.

From nursing home to stay at home: Jewish organizations try to shift senior living

Michele Alperin

May 28, 2014

Rabbi Arthur Waskow's original "Freedom Seder" in 1969. Credit: Courtesy Rabbi Arthur Waskow.

Infusing meaning into the Passover seder

Michele Alperin

Feb. 13, 2014

A Kosherfest 2013 vendor speaks with an attendee about Aviva Organic Petit Beurre Biscuits, which Aviva Organic describes as "delicious healthy cookies made of whole wheat flour, a great healthy treat for children & adult." On the table are whole grain spelt crackers from Landau Kosher. Credit: Kosherfest.

Kosherfest 2013 reflects growing demand for healthy alternatives

Michele Alperin

Nov. 5, 2013

Before treatment by the National Archives and Records Administration, a Passover haggadah from 1902 recovered from the Mukhabarat, Saddam Hussein’s Intelligence Headquarters. The haggadah is part of what has become known as the Iraqi Jewish Archive. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration

For Iraqi Jewish Archive, road to exhibition and return paved with questions

Michele Alperin

Oct. 8, 2013

Click photo to download. Caption: Sally Gottesman. Credit: Courtesy of Sally Gottesman.

SIDEBAR: Seeking a ‘meaningful rite of passage’

Michele Alperin

March 13, 2012

Click photo to download. Caption: Judith Kaplan Eisenstein at the 70th anniversary of her bat mitzvah, 1992. Credit: Archives, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

The evolution of the bat mitzvah

Michele Alperin

March 13, 2012

Click photo to download. Caption: Moshe Ya'alon, now Israel's vice prime minister and former IDF chief of staff, presents an award of excellence to an Israeli naval officer. Credit: IDF Spokesperon.

Vice prime minister: ‘Iranian regime should be confronted by the West’

Michele Alperin

Jan. 30, 2012