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Dec 10, 2023, 2:12 PM

Showing up: Sufganiyot 2023

This year, the hardest part of our annual doughnut survey was feeling up to celebrating. But it's how we bring the light

Feb 1, 2023, 1:59 PM

ChatGPT isn’t taking my job, but it’s already changed how I work

Using ChatGPT. (Facebook)

The AI tool will save my clients time and money, but as long as they want innovative, creative work with a sense of humor, they (thankfully) still need me

Dec 23, 2022, 7:26 AM

Doughnuts in an inflation era: Which is really worth your shekels?

It's our favorite time of year, clearly. Image posted with teen permission in exchange for... you guessed it... extra doughnuts.

Our annual sufganiya hunt was hit by the cost of living increases, but we soldiered on, through 45 confections of sweet filling and dough, to find the very best

Nov 28, 2021, 9:12 AM

Preparing for Hanukkah 2021: Our annual sufganiya taste-test comparison

It's our favorite day of the year, clearly. Photo taken by author.

In the 'fancy' category, one doughnut was so good that we had give it a new name, in honor of its magnificent flavor

Dec 16, 2020, 10:40 AM

Sufganiyot redeem 2020

The mouth-watering cross-section of a Boston Creme sufganiyah. (courtesy)

What our annual Hanukkah doughnut tour was missing in routine (thank you, pandemic), it made up for in taste

Apr 19, 2020, 4:01 PM

Stranded in paradise: How we got home, the grand finale (3 of 3)

What's 65 hours of travel through 3 international airports, and lost luggage, when our destination was Israel (quarantine notwithstanding)?

Apr 17, 2020, 10:46 AM

Stranded in paradise: Our traveler’s dilemma (2 of 3)

The very expensive hoops we jumped through figuring out a way back to Israel were Kafkaesque - and moving, as we discovered just how many people were willing to help

Apr 14, 2020, 4:15 PM

Stranded in paradise: A coronavirus odyssey (1 of 3)

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When we left Israel for 7 months of backpacking with the family, we could not have predicted that the coronavirus would extend our stay in Indonesia

Dec 7, 2018, 12:08 PM

The Do-nuts and the Don’t-nuts of 2018

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The best sufganiyot in Jerusalem? The ones to avoid? Here's our annual tell-all shuk survey

Jun 6, 2018, 2:28 PM

1,000 women gather in Jerusalem to learn how to ask real questions and get real answers

Illustrative: Issamar Ginzberg speaking at the Temech Conference for Women in Business in Jerusalem, June 15, 2015. (Sharon Altshul via JTA)

1,000 women who know how tough it is to hold all the pieces together and do it anyway, at the Temech conference

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