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Who Likes Honey Cake on Rosh Hashanah Anyway?!

“I’m making an apple cake this year,” my mom declares practically every year before Rosh Hashanah, “Nobody likes honey cake anyway.” Honey, often referenced in ancient texts, including the ubiquitous reference to Israel as the land of milk and honey, is used in a variety of Rosh Hashanah recipes to symbolize a sweet new year. We dip our apples in ...

White House: Troop pullout still set for July 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration reaffirmed Sunday that it will begin pulling U.S. troops out of Afghanistan next summer, despite reservations among top generals that absolute deadlines are a mistake.President Barack Obama’s chief of staff said an announced plan to begin bringing forces home in July 2011 still holds.Read More: @ breitbart.comYou might also like:White House, Egypt Discuss Plan for ...

White House Marks Beginning of Passover

President Barack Obama marked the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover on Monday, in a small and intimate gathering that took place a few days after returning from his highly anticipated and politicized visit to Israel.The White House ceremony reportedly “follows tradition” except for a few additions, such as a reading of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation that freed America’s slaves, ...

White House, Egypt Discuss Plan for Mubarak’s Exit

The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately and turn over power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman with the support of the Egyptian military, administration officials and Arab diplomats said Thursday.Even though Mr. Mubarak has balked, so far, at leaving now, officials from both governments are ...

Which Republican candidate has the Jewish vote?

When Jewish Republicans around the country enter the voting booth for 10 primaries and caucuses on March 6 for “Super Tuesday,” they will see three candidates who still have a puncher’s chance at securing the GOP presidential nomination.In this unpredictable race that has seen multiple twists, turns, and momentum shifts, one thing is clear: nobody is backing down just yet.“This ...

Where is George Washington’s letter to U.S. synagogue?

During a lecture in England last December, Jonathan Sarna, America’s foremost scholar of American Jewish history, said he did not know the whereabouts of one of American Jewry’s most important documents: George Washington’s letter to the Hebrew Congregation, in Newport, Rhode Island.More than a vital piece of American Jewish history, the letter is one of the primary documents guaranteeing religious ...

Where have all the women gone?

A recent Jerusalem bus ad promoting organ donation through National Transplant Center (ADI) perfectly summarizes the battle over the public sphere in Jerusalem.The ad campaign asks Jerusalemites to sign an ADI donor card, yet it would seem that women are not invited to join the initiative. Apparently, they have not donated organs and do not need transplants. They are simply ...

Where can a wondering Jew get a kosher meal in Uganda?

In the desert of Peru, there is no challah bread and definitely no kosher wine. That, however, didn’t stop the participants of AJWS’s volunteer summer program from sanctifying the Sabbath in a special way. They found their kosher substitutions in a sweet bread called bizcocho and a drink made from purple corn known as chicha morada.In an ever-shrinking world, an ...

When in China, don’t forget to enroll for Jewish class

Back in 1991 Chen Yiyi was, as he puts it, a “bored” law student at Peking University. At the time, China was in the process of formalizing relations with Israel, and the Chinese Education Ministry and Israel’s Foreign Ministry selected his university as the site of China’s first Hebrew course taught by visiting Israeli teachers. When the class fell short ...

What’s Kosher at Starbucks

Starbucks shops serve many kosher and non-kosher items, with the most serious non-kosher item being hot meat sandwiches.The standard daily clean up at Starbucks includes a hot wash of all utensils and some parts of that washing are done without soap.This clean up process significantly challenges the kosher status of the otherwise kosher products and each product must be judged ...

What Is It Like Being a Jew in Berlin?

Berlin Rabbi Chaim Rozwaski, visiting Israel for the annual Herzliya Conference, tells Arutz Sheva that assimilation and the Holocaust are the major issues he deals with in day-to-day life.“The perspective of life” of a Jew defines how he lives as a Jew, says Rabbi Rozwaski, head of the Berlin Yeshiva Academy and rabbi of the Lev Tov [Good Heart] synagogue.“If you are ...

Western Wall rabbi targeted

Who is trying to hurt Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch? The Western Wall rabbi received a personal bodyguard several weeks ago after getting telephone threats and being harassed on a regular basis for the past few months.In the past month, unknown assailants threw stones at the rabbi’s car. Luckily, he wasn’t hurt. In a separate incident, the car’s tires were slashed.Read More: @ ynetnews.comReaders ...