Home February 2023

February 2023

The Old-School Jewish Drink

This recipe comes straight from the shtetl, and is part healing drink, part dessert. Whenever I had the slightest hint of a sore throat, the ...

Shalom, Slurpee

Israel gets its first 7-Eleven in convenience store chain’s planned wave     Yoav Silberstein, 16, waited an hour and a half to get into...

It’s Tu Bishvat Time

A Great Time to Strengthen Your Own Family Tree     Just a friendly reminder that Tu Bishvat, the Birthday of the Trees, starts on...

“The Giving Table”

  Serve Up Some Loving-kindness The daily news is a constant reminder that it’s a cruel world out there; yet we hear a lot about kindness...

Hatifim

The Culture of Snacking     Like Americans, Israelis love their salty snacks, or “hatifim” (literally, “that which is grabbed”). Israelis can’t get enough of...

“Koshersoul”

Michael Twitty’s memoir of food and identity, named Jewish book of the year “Koshersoul,” chef Michael W. Twitty’s memoir about his career fusing Jewish and...

Most Read

Jlife Extra September 15, 2023

On Monday, September 18, at 10 AM, the Merage JCC will present a special edition of News & Views with David L. Bernstein. “Woke...

JLife Extra September 1, 2023

On Wednesday, September 6, at 7 PM, at Beth Jacob, 3900 Michelson Drive, Irvine, there will be a pre-Rosh Hashanah Challah Bake. Learn how...

A Shanda Thwarted

  Holocaust survivor group claims victory after Christie’s cancels second auction of jewelry linked to Nazi plunder     Christie’s has announced that it will not...

News & Jews

Hundreds of Voices Raised in Celebration of Jewish Choral Music at the 2023 North American Jewish Choral Festival     Nearly 400 singers joined together...