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Jul 20, 2026, 7:59 PM

What Babka Taught Me About Belonging

I have a lot of chocolate babkas in my freezer. 13 to be exact. They’re all from my favorite place, Coffee Redefined, in Brooklyn. It takes me over two hours to get there and back, so I only make...

Jul 15, 2026, 6:24 AM

Celebrating the Jewish Day of Love – Tu B’Av: Say It with Garlic

Garlic Baked Chicken Schnitzel photo courtesy of the author.

Garlic might be the official Jewish love potion, so it’s a perfect ingredient to feature in a recipe for the Jewish Day of Love, Tu B’Av (the 15th of the month of Av). Garlic Baked Chicken Schnitzel with Za’atar Garlic...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 14, 2026, 4:35 AM

From Morocco to the Amazon: The Extraordinary Journey of Moroccan Jews in Brazil

I invited journalist Celia Bensadon to share with us a remarkable chapter of Jewish culture in Northern Brazil. Through her words, we are guided into a narrative that feels like a balm—revealing how centuries-old traditions took root and became...

Ella Ben Emanuel

Jul 12, 2026, 12:36 PM

The Last Food Truck Before the Border

I expected fear, but got food – and a lot of it. Well, my dears, I can reassure you that war or no war, Hezbollah, Hamas or Democrats —Israelis are not dying of hunger. Not even a little bit. Just in...

Shayna Abramson

Jul 12, 2026, 12:13 PM

The 9 Days & Meat: A Siyum Too Far?

This week, we will usher in the month of Av, and with it, the 9 days – including the Ashkenazi custom not to eat meat.* This will lead to a flurry of fancy restaurants reconfiguring their menus to include extended...

Jul 10, 2026, 1:16 PM

Jerusalem: History, Holy Sites, Culture, and Life

From Pixabay

Jerusalem is not a city you can see completely at once but rather comes slowly through the tiny stone alleyways and the busy markets, then calm courtyards, ringing church bells, the call to prayer and the sight of families...

Jul 9, 2026, 10:11 PM

Judean Desert: Unknown Ancient Water System Near the Biblical Village – Sekhakha?

The Nahal Sekhakha Tunnels: An Ancient Water Engineering Project in the Judean Desert? In 1958, Professor Yigael Yadin—the renowned archaeologist and Israel's second Chief of Staff—wrote in his article on water supply in times of peace and siege: "There are regions...

Jul 4, 2026, 10:19 PM

There is Always Something to Celebrate, 4th of July Musings From My Past

I, like many of you, are probably cleaning out closets, and doing indoor activities to beat the sweltering heat wave we are experiencing. On this 4th of July 250th anniversary, I drifted back to a time when the world...

Jul 2, 2026, 11:30 PM

Even in Those Dark Places of War, Our Food is Our Hope

We met online several years ago, probably on some social media post where I admired his food, and vice versa. There were calls exchanged. He was living in the states, but fate took him back to Iran to care...

Silas Anastacio

Jun 28, 2026, 5:56 AM

Rikuday Festival’s 10th Edition Unites 2,000 Through Dance and Art

The 10th edition of Rikuday – Dance and Art Festival of the Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP) – gathered more than two thousand people last Sunday at the Memorial da América Latina, in a celebration marked by intergenerational encounters, and...

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