Holiday

11 Tu B’Av Gifts That Say ‘Be My Bashert’

By Evelyn Frick (HeyAlma) –  The Jewish community has strong feelings about whether some Jewish holidays have secular counterparts. Is Purim Jewish Halloween? Is Erev Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year’s Eve? Is Tu B’Av Jewish Valentine’s […]
Books

The man who changed Jewish bedtime stories is still reinventing himself at 97

BY PENNY SCHWARTZ (JTA) – Most people spend their later years looking back. Harold Grinspoon has spent his reinventing himself. The businessman became a philanthropist. The philanthropist discovered Jewish children’s books and created PJ Library. In […]
Culture

11 Old Yiddish Sayings You Can Apply to Modern Life

By Bobbie Armstrong (HeyAlma) – When you think of Yiddish, you probably envision your bubbe calling her neighbor who lets his dog pee on her lawn a schmuck. But actually, there’s a whole world of Yiddish wit […]
Food

This Is the Easiest Weeknight Hummus and Chicken

BY DANIELLE ORON (TheNosher) –  JUMP TO RECIPE As I stood in the grocery store staring blankly at the rotisserie chicken, I had an epiphany: What if I could take this simple chicken and transform it […]
Food

Why I Eat Ice Cream Cake on the 9th of Av

By B.C. Wallin (HeyAlma) – Back in high school, I wrangled a group of classmates into a birthday surprise for a close friend of mine. We drove to a couple of stores, found an ice cream […]