23 Sep Rosh Hashanah Family Reflections
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Prompts for family members to reflect on their family relationships
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12 Oct Our Favorite Rosh Hashanah Recipes
Posted at 10:09h
With rich flavors from pomegranate to saffron, these Tori Avey recipes with videos offer tasty turns on traditional favorites. A memorable tzimmes has never been easier, a Persian Jewish side dish is a fragrant and savory complement,
09 Aug Our Favorite Rosh Hashanah Recipes
Posted at 23:06h
With rich flavors from pomegranate to saffron, these Tori Avey recipes with videos offer tasty turns on traditional favorites. A memorable tzimmes has never been easier, a Persian Jewish side dish is a fragrant and savory complement, and the challah is a sweet surprise. Every...
30 Aug Simple Ideas to Bring the High Holidays to Life
Posted at 12:17h
Creative and playful ways to spark kids' curiosity about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
10 Feb Get Cooking with Your B-Mitzvah-Age Grandchild
Posted at 08:11h
Listen to what’s on your B-Mitzvah grandchild’s mind as you cook together.
20 May Sephardic Holiday Customs
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Rich Sephardic traditions can spice up your family’s holiday celebrations.
03 Mar Far Apart but Cooking Together
Posted at 15:55h
9 tips for cooking together as a family even when you live far apart.
10 Sep Interview with a Wise Woman: Jane Isay
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Author of Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today, Jane Isay was transformed by the births of her four grandchildren and has run groups offering a warm place to discuss grandparenting in the time of Covid. Though...
10 Sep 6 Ways to Celebrate Grandparents Day
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We are so fortunate that Grandparents Day falls right in the middle of the ten Days of Awe. Here are six awesome ways to celebrate National Grandparents Day, September 12, 2021. In six words write what it means to you to be a grandparent. We...
09 Aug Tzedek Box: Repairing the World, One Righteous Act at a Time
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Learn how to keep a family journal of righteous acts with the Tzedek Box. As Andrew Mandel explains, it’s a way of passing along Jewish values and commitments with a ritual that sparks introspection and bonding. The dog days of summer mean that our Hebrew month...
09 Aug Tashlich for Children: A Ritual that Welcomes Creativity
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Just Add Water: Invite your grandchildren and family members to embrace and add their own creative touches to the Rosh Hashanah ritual of Tashlich Because the Rosh Hashanah ritual of Tashlich came late to Judaism (it dates to the 13th century), it is among...
09 Aug Wonders of Taiglach: Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Dough
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The sticky, nearly impenetrable mound of dough, nuts, and sweets that was once a fixture of our Rosh Hashanah holiday tables became a shorthand for the joys of the “High Holy Days.” What are today’s taiglach? How do we bring sweetness to our family tables...
18 May Reading with Your Grandchildren
Posted at 15:53h
Do you remember reading to your children? When you were a child, do you remember an adult reading to you?
17 May Cooking with Your Grandchildren
Posted at 14:50h
Cut strawberries with your grandchild and they are likely to alternate between placing one in the bowl and one in their mouth.
19 Sep Frog Tashlikh OR if a frog jumps into a pond…
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Intro to Frog Tashlikh: We are taking a frog that grew from a tiny tadpole as part of an egg sac accidently dropped (we assume) by a bird into a container near my garden earlier this summer. This event became part of our ongoing lesson...
26 Oct A Hike Between the Seams
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In the seam of time at the end of the summer, I set off on a hike with my grandson Simon. At nine years, he is a sturdy and interesting child. These days that we spend without his parents are precious to us both, time...
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