Chocolate Quinoa Cake
This cake is surprisingly moist and delicious—great for Passover and all year round.
Chicken Soup with Chicken Meatballs and Zucchini Spaghetti
Ethiopian Shabbat Injera
Mediterranean Memories Begin with Roasted Eggplant
Curses and Blessings
Focal Point
How fair are your tents, O Jacob,
Your dwellings, O Israel!
(Numbers 24:5)
D'var Torah
Passion and Fanaticism
This Shabbat's Torah portion, Parashat Pinchas, begins by referring to an event that occurred at the end of the prior one, when Pinchas, Aaron's grandson, killed Zimri, a scion of the Simeonite ancestral house, and Cozbi, daughter of a Midianite chieftain.
Thwarting Evil, Saving Lives
The narrative of Parashat Pinchas is disturbing: the grandson of the High Priest Aaron slew two people, and was rewarded. Was he a zealot or not? He took lives. Did he save lives?
The Politics of Just Protest
This is one of a few select parashiyot coveted by bat mitzvah girls, by adult b'not mitzvah , and by all who seek opportunities to learn more about the role of women in Torah.