‘Kugel Smackdown’ competition and dairy bash slated for Gates’ pre-Shavuot celebration
A Jerusalem style kugel with noodles, raisins, and cinnamon. Photo courtesy of LenyVavsha of...
Read More
Category: Food
A quest to find Jerusalem’s perfect cheesecake
The Lotus cheesecake at Napoleon Patisserie. Photo courtesy of Raphael Poch. BY RAPHAEL POCH Two...
Read MoreColonie Chai Chabad to note Shavuot
ALBANY–Colonie Chai Chabad has slated Shavuot programming with the main celebration, a dairy buffet (with non-dairy options as well), on Monday, June 2, at 5:30 p.m. at Rabbi Mordechai and Chana Rubins’ home, 401 Loudon Rd.,...
Read More
Lag B’Omer celebration in Colonie
ALBANY–Colonie Chai Chabad has slated a family friendly Lag B’Omer celebration tonight, Thursday,...
Read More
Schenectady Center to host dinner and film to celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut 77
Archival footage from the film “Leonard Bernstein & the Israel Philharmonic” slated for...
Read More
Exodus and Chocolate; a perfect match?
From left, Rabbi Ami Monson dressed as the pharaoh, a chocolate seder plate used by the...
Read More
Curiosity and empathy, educational lessons from the Passover seder
Caption: A family at a modern Passover seder on the first night of the holiday in Tzur Hadassah,...
Read More
Jewish Family Services Chaplaincy Program remembers 300 with Passover gift bags
From left, Garry R. Sanders, JFS board vice chairman, and JFS board members Robyn Marinstein and...
Read MoreCommunity seder set for Anshe Emeth in Hudson
HUDSON–A“Kosher for Passover” seder will be held at the Anshe Emeth Synagogue, 240 Joslen Blvd., Hudson, on Sunday April 13, at 6 p.m. This community seder will be led by Rabbi David Almog. The meal will consist of chopped...
Read MoreHow to give and how to receive: The complexity of ‘mishloach manot’
Joy does not come from lavish excess or social posturing; it comes from the connections we create. At the heart of Purim celebrations lies a simple yet profound act: giving food to others. But as with all acts of...
Read More
A pastry shop, a respite from protests at Columbia, offers year-round hamantaschen
The Hungarian Pastry Shop in Manhattan on March 5, 2025. Photo courtesy of Anna Rahmanan. JNS By...
Read More
Food distributors struggle to get eggs for spring holidays
CAPTION: The cost of eggs in the United States has spiked amid an outbreak of “bird flu,” reaching...
Read More
