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Holiday

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]
Culture

Why are all the cool girls wearing yarmulkes?

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By Clara Shapiro (TheForward) – If you have a passion for fashion, enjoy exotic headgear, or, if you, like me, just happen to go outside once in a while, then there is a good chance that […]
Culture

For this fashion-forward rabbi, shoes and scripture are intertwined

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By Sarah Diaz (TheForward) – The rabbinate doesn’t have one look, and Reform Rabbi Arielle Stein’s version is chic, creative and fashion-forward. Stein, who serves as assistant rabbi at Rodeph Sholom, a congregation on Manhattan’s Upper […]
Jewish Celebrities

18 Things To Know About Jewish Actor Judah Lewis

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By Evelyn Frick (HeyAlma) –  One of the strengths of “The Floaters,” a Jewish summer camp movie from director Rachel Israel, is its ensemble cast. “Nobody Wants This” star Jackie Tohn, Sarah Podemski of “Reservation Dogs” and Tony-nominee Aya Cash gel together […]