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Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jun 3, 2026, 9:07 PM

Why were the scouts permitted to take the grapes?

In Parshat Shlach, we read about the 40 days that the scouts checked out the Land of Israel. We don’t know about all of the places that they went to but we do know the following (Bamidbar 13:21-24): They went...

Jun 3, 2026, 1:38 PM

Kosher-certified draft dodgers

Why do the draft-dodgers in this new Ayin Tova Cartoon proudly display kosher certifications? It is as if being an IDF draft evader has become a new type of identity, and wearing that is like a badge of honor! There...

Jun 1, 2026, 6:49 PM

The 27% Tax on Every Israeli Restaurant Order

Walk into almost any restaurant in Tel Aviv, Haifa, or Be'er Sheva and ask the owner what keeps them up at night. A few years ago the answer was rent or staff. Today, more and more of them say...

May 28, 2026, 8:52 PM

Mom’s Red Wine Pot Roast for Jewish American Heritage Month

We don’t have many recipes in our family that have been passed down from generation to generation. I can’t think of many dishes my mother made from her childhood. One reason might be that my maternal grandmother favored very...

Allen S. Maller

May 27, 2026, 5:09 AM

Kosher and Halal Are Much More Than Just Words

KOSHER is the Hebrew word for the Hebrew Bible’s many dietary regulations for the Jewish People. Food that complies with these regulations is known as “kosher." In Genesis 2:16, God gave mankind the produce of "any tree in the...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

What is considered to be far from Jerusalem?

In Parshat Behaalotcha (Bamidbar 9:9-13), we read about those who are granted the opportunity to observe Pesach Sheni: God spoke to Moshe saying: “Speak to B’nai Yisrael, saying: Any person, if he will be impure from a human corpse or...

May 20, 2026, 8:24 PM

Luscious Cheesecake Blintzes for a Joyous Shavuot Celebration

Luscious Shavuot Cheesecake Blintzes photo courtesy of the author.

This year I’m celebrating the holiday of Shavuot with luscious Cheesecake Blintzes. Eating foods made with dairy products is a tradition for many Jews around the world but, to me, eating blintzes is always a celebration of my maternal...

May 16, 2026, 5:35 PM

Biblical eating in the USA

from Bida, Alexandre, 1813-1895, via Wikimedia commons

The New York Times recently reported a growing trend known as “biblical eating.” As I read it, I thought that Jesus, Moses and King Solomon would surely all be scratching their heads. As we head into Shavuot, another Jewish holiday...

Rebecca Liebermann Nissel

May 6, 2026, 1:00 AM

Buying blue-and-white at Trader Joe’s

Israeli Feta cheese, selling at Trader Joe's. (via Facebook)

When the call went out to counter a boycott of Israeli products, I tried to do my part; the rest of my community beat me to it

May 5, 2026, 12:32 AM

Kosher Disunity

According to Rabbi Ezra Friedman of the Jacobs Center for Kashrut Education there are a number of factors which interfere with the smooth running of the kosher food enterprise in Israel. It begins with the fact that there are two...

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