The holiday of Sukkot is associated with the fall harvest, and serving stuffed foods is a symbolic and flavorful way to represent the bounty of the season.
A departure from more traditional stuffed foods, these stuffed prunes combine sweet and savory, and make a wonderful start to a festive meal.
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The wonderful Peter Cole — a poet, publisher, and translator — has received a MacArthur “genius” award. The fellowship, given out by the MacArthur Foundation, comes with a $500,000 prize.
About a year and a half ago, I spent 6 weeks in Jerusalem and discovered that I lived across the street from Peter, who is perhaps […]

Jennifer Bleyer, founding editor of Heeb Magazine, has an essay on the continued meaning that the Jewish Catalog has for her and many of a younger generation. What she beautifully captures is the essence of a book that did what few initatives in the Jewish community have done–be relatable.
Richard Siegel, author of the catalog and former director of […]

I’ve been woefully under-engaged with the Democratic presidential campaigns, but last night I got a free ticket to Barack Obama’s Broadway fundraiser, which seemed as good a place as any to jump in.
Until now I’ve been cynical about Obama. I assumed he was this year’s Howard Dean, and I found Dean heartbreakingly disappointing during a […]

Yesterday New Jersey officials confirmed that a swastika covering several acres was cut into a field in Washington Township. Police found the swastika, hand cut in a corn field, while doing a routine helicopter mission over the area.
 
Perhaps one of the most bizare aspects of the case:
The on-duty sergeant for the Washington Township Police confirmed […]

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Yom Kippur has passed, so unfortunately, this act of tzedakah might not save you from the fires of hell (which, contrary to popular belief, Judaism does think about). But it will help us to provide […]

-Doing Sukkot in Kauai. (Kauai Garden Island News)
-A look at the work of The Sukkah Project, which sends pre-fab sukkas all over the world — even to Iraq. (The Jewish Week)
-Marjorie Ingall pitches Sukkot as an ideal holiday for kids: “You string popcorn and cranberries, feeling self-important in your “Top Design” decorator role. You revel […]

My ancestors were Bobover hasidim, but my interest in this story comes mostly from the American in me.
This is an election in every sense of the word. There is a voter’s registry with a list of those eligible to vote; voters must present valid identification; the contenders are waging a fierce campaign; and the tension […]

It’s almost Sukkot, which means that in a few days Chabad emissaries will take to the streets and not-so-covertly ask: You Jewish?
If the answer is “yes,” they’ll ask you if you want to shake the lulav — the holiday’s ritual du jour. As a general rule, I am a fan of Chabad; but as a […]

One of the key examples brought to question the integrity of Israeli democracy is the JNF’s policy of only selling (or leasing) land to Jews. The JNF owns approximately 13% of Israeli land, upon which about 70% of the Israeli population resides.
Well, this policy might be changing. YNet reports:
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) told the […]