It was mid-August and the air conditioning was broken in the café on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Across ...

From kugels to collards.

My father died on Rosh Hashanah 5764. He died at home, in a clean white bed, surrounded by his wife ...

Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...

It’s been a very special year, food-filled year for me in 2012 – my first child was born, a beautiful ...

The incredible journey of bolas de Berlim.

If I prepay, is it okay?

I am not the kind of person who likes to keep their head in the sand; in fact quite the ...

By the time January rolls around it’s time to face the music: we’ve indulged in latkes and sufganiyot (It’s only ...

Though often widely practiced, customs are not considered mandatory by traditional Jews.