Dear Jenn, I spend a great deal of time preparing meals for the Yom Tovim. Once Rosh Hashanah begins, the food fest commences. I enjoy
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Part IX Why Was the Vaad Involved in Immigration? Some American Jews wanted to know why Stephen Klein and Irving Bunim insisted that it was
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Summer nights are winding down as we head into my fave season of all: autumn—back to school and back to Yom Tov. My, how things
Years ago when my now-husband and I were dating, he came up with a metaphoric “validate” button. I was in graduate school at the time,
As the summer is slowly (or maybe quickly) dwindling away, we begrudgingly embrace the fall and all that it has to offer. Early fall is
