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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

Music

Getting by With Help From Icons ...

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Cantor David F. Tilman, JE Feature

As I was approaching a milestone birthday, my family deliberated before selecting an appropriate gift. What would be relevant, meaningful and entertaining for a music lover, chazzan and aging baby-boomer, my wife and children asked themselves? In recent weeks, the national print and electronic media were filled with articles about two major Beatles-related events: the release of the remastered CD...

Books

Stirring Up the Pot

Words about a different kind of relationship

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Robert Leiter

In addition to once being the New York Times restaurant reviewer and then the editor of the fabled -- but recently dismantled -- Gourmet magazine, Ruth Reichl is best known for her memoirs Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me With Apples . These books tell of her relationship to food and family; and, especially in the former, she told...

Events

Morning of Packing Touches Volunteers and Those in Need

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Aaron Passman, JE Feature

Rebecca Lipstein would have loved to have slept in, but on this particular Sunday morning that wasn't an option. Even though the 13-year-old had been up until 2 a.m. tooling around on Facebook, she was up early the next day for a regular family outing. One Sunday a month, the Lipsteins -- Rebecca, her brother Zach, 10, and parents Francine...

Food

'Lunch' Is Served, Thanks to JRA

Needless to say, the lunchroom hasn't been a busy place this week at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, with the teachers on strike and the students out of school. But thanks to a project put together by Max & David's, which handles the school's dining needs, the Jewish Relief Agency and the Klein JCC's Cook for a Friend program, this...

Food

The Last Hurrahs

After all that turkey and stuffing, can there be room left for dessert? Here are some sweet treats that will bring your guests running back to the table. Banana Split Ice Cream Cake 4 eggs, at room temperature, separated 3/4 cup mashed bananas 1/4 cup peanut oil 1 package (12 oz.) sponge cake mix 1/2 cup chopped nuts 8 oz...