Rosh Hashanah is usually associated with apples and honey, symbolizing sweetness for the coming New Year. In our family, honey cake, apple cake or strudel and a carrot tzimmes sweetened with honey are… Read more
Recipes
Food for Travel: Never Leave Home Without It!
Planes, trains or automobiles—no matter which mode of transportation you choose, it can be somewhat of a challenge to ensure that you’ll have kosher food while traveling and upon arriving at your… Read more
Keeping it Cool
Ginger Pickled Salmon or Halibut Makes 8 servings 2 1/2 pounds Atlantic salmon fillets or halibut steaks (about 8 slices) 1 1/2 cups water 1 1/2 cups white vinegar or rice vinegar 1/2 cup brown sugar,… Read more
Summertime–and the Salads are Easy!
Chef’s Secrets for Super Salads I Be Leaf: Experiment with different varieties of salad greens. Try arugula (rocket), bibb, Boston, endive, leafy field greens (mesclun), radicchio, romaine, spinach or… Read more
Breaking the Fast with a Fast Trip Across the Street, Chicago Style
You think you have a big crowd coming to your house to break the Yom Kippur fast? Not compared to my friend Marsha, you don’t. This September, Marsha and her husband, Brian, along with another couple,… Read more
Chocolate Heaven for Purim
As my kids get older, their interest in what to wear for Purim has taken a decidedly odd turn. Read more
Warm Winter Dishes
Bean and Roasted Tomato Soup 10 servings This is a hearty winter soup that can be made a few days ahead and will keep either refrigerated or frozen. 1/2 pound small dried beans, such as Great Northern… Read more
Fall Favorites
For me, fall is the time to think of creative, eclectic dishes, since local summer produce is no longer at its best. The recipes below are some of my fall favorites. Split Pea Soup 8 servings This… Read more
Wholesome Delights
Winter, in my mind, always invokes hearty soups, meats, chilies and other delicious dishes that permeate the house with their wonderful aromas. Barley Soup with Miso 10 servings This soup differs from… Read more
Simple, But Not Boring, Sukkot Recipes
Chag HaSukkot is unquestionably one of our most enjoyable holidays. Preparation, however, is something else. Read more
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Kosher Comedy: The Rise of the Orthodox Comic
A small-but-growing number of people involved…
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Does God Have a Sense of Humor?
Tremendous pressure is placed on one who addresses the role…
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Up Close with Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich
Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich’s tenacious struggle to keep Torah in…
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What Does God Want of Me Now? Rabbi Yehuda Simes’ Courageous Journey
On the night of June 20th, 2010, a horrific car accident left…
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Answering the Tough Questions: Parenting Experts Weigh In
How Do We Raise Confident, Happy Children? By…
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Discovering Rav Elyashiv
Since his recent petirah, much has been said and written about…
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Quick and Healthy Summer Suppers
Summer is a terrific time to explore the great outdoors. Home…
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The Great Sar HaTorah
By Aryeh Z. Ginzberg A Tribute to Rav Yosef Shalom…
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Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy?
About a decade ago, a short time after I arrived in Oak Park,…
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The Courage to Serve: A Chareidi Woman in the IDF
By Fayga Marks Photo: Israel Sun An eight-year-old girl,…
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Please Put the Women Back In
I am an artist. Dealing with images is my stock and trade, and I…
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Life As a Happy Single Person
I bought couches. They are beige, with button detail on the sides…
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Touching Our Teens’ Neshamos
A quarter of students who come to college as Orthodox Jews…
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Fighting for Sandy: A Woman’s Struggle to Give Her Sister a Jewish Burial
On Shabbat Chanukah of 2006, my older sister Sandy passed…
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Confessions of a Kosher Organic Junkie
By Rachel Wizenfeld Melding my Berkeley organic roots with…
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From Japan to Jerusalem
As Shavuos approaches, a yom tov when we read the remarkable…