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David Broza: This Concert Will Be Good

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A Pocket Culinary Tour Through Israel

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Don’t Turn Your Nose Up at Cabbage

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Things to Do During Heritage Month

Film & Television

His Reality? Hits at Home and in Hollywood

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Michael Elkin

But what happens when they make others do just that? They get a reality series. H-e-l-l-o, Omarosa! And h-e-l-l-o, Bob Horowitz. The Bucks stops here ... and begins here, too: Doylestown's Bob Horowitz has a commuter's commitment that extends beyond any SEPTA zone -- and his train of thought is more on schedule, too. The Bucks County media entrepreneur doesn't...

Books

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Even in Auschwitz, a certain tone found its place

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Robert Leiter

Why is it that the name Rachmil Bryks is not better known? Granted, he began writing his Holocaust fiction shortly after he left the camps -- that is, a decade or two before the world seemed willing or able to face such matters. And based on the four stories included in A Cat in the Ghetto , published by Persea...

Food

Anointing Your Meal With Oil

This time of year, cook like an Israeli

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Ethel Hofman, JE Feature

Each time I visit Israel, which is often, I discover new places and can indulge in the bountiful variety of Middle Eastern foods. My absolute favorites? The Mezze, a dozen or more little appetizers. These little dishes of sweet and savory vegetables, salads and marinated fishes are served as soon as diners sit down and before the main course is...

Food

Time-Honored Tradition of the Big Deep-Fry

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Linda Morel, JE Feature

So, how did fried foods become entwined with Chanukah's culinary history? It all started some 2,100 years ago, when the Greek king of Syria, Antiochus, occupied Israel. During his reign, the Jews and their customs faired poorly. When one of his officers arrived in a town outside of Jerusalem, he demanded that the Jews take part in a Greek ceremony...

Lifestyle

Posing Some Queries to Find Out Just What's 'Queer' About Torah

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Aaron Passman, JE Feature

According to one local rabbi, Sukkot might just be the ultimate "queer" holiday. "Being queer means bringing a sense of celebration, a spark" to Judaism, and Sukkot, what with the unusual lulav and etrog and all manner of diversity, "is the ultimate holiday, because it is the queer embodiment of Torah," said Rabbi Linda Holtzman of the Reconstructionist Congregation Mishkan...