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Communist Nostalgia
When I was growing up in Russia, May Day was one of the staples of communist festival fare. Since our family lived in downtown Moscow, every year we would spend the day watching (and sometimes participating in) the annual May Day parade.
You would think that 20 years after the fall of communism, the red proletariat [...]
Passover Cookies – Yemenite Hawaij or Cinnamon
By popular demand, here’s the recipe:
1 egg
200 gr ground nuts
2 tbsp matza meal
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp coffee hawaij* or cinnamon
100 gr confectioner’s sugar
Beat egg. Add all ingredients except 2 tbsp sugar. Grease hands and form dough into small balls. Roll in confectioner’s sugar. Bake 12 minutes.
* There are 2 types of Yemenite spice called [...]
Free text messaging (SMS) in Israel
For anyone located in Israel, there is a free program that enables you to send unlimited text messages (SMS) for free to whomever you like.
I’ve checked the site through McAfee’s site advisor and it was found to be safe.
To access the program click here.
Happy texting!
A Letter to Goldstone
Someone sent me a copy of a letter in which a personal friend of Judge Goldstone berates him for his involvement with the anti-Israel committee named after him.
I have no idea whether the cover story is true and who really penned this letter, but that in no way diminishes the poignancy of the arguments or [...]
A different Shabbat fish
When my Yemen-born mother-in-law first came to Israel in late 1940s, her parents decides to build their house apart from the rest of the community, so as to protect their children from unwanted social influences. Little did they know that within a decade they would be living in the midst of a vibrant community of [...]
Simchat Torah experience
Like most Yemenite Jews, my husband’s family is very careful to safeguard its heritage, especially when it comes to liturgy and Torah learning. In an effort to preserve their unique Hebrew pronunciation (considered by some to be the closest one to the way Hebrew was spoken two thousand years ago), kids are taught to [...]
Something different for the holiday meal
Our family’s love affair with Bukharian cuisine began over 60 years ago during WWII, when my grandmother was evacuated from Ukraine to Central Asia. She returned home after getting to know dozens of Bukharian-Jewish families and learning about their favorite dishes. Although I got my hands on a whole treasure trove of authentic recipes while [...]
Obama's peace for our time
On September 30, 1938, Neville Chamberlain returned to Britain after selling Czechoslovakia off to Hitler and pronounced the agreement to signify “peace for our time.” Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland, setting off the greatest tragedy in modern history.
Fast forward to 2009. President Obama betrays Czech and Polish allies by unilaterally scrapping the [...]
More on pesticides
Recently, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat (Safed), revealed that many growers of insect-free greens (the so-called Gush Katif vegetables) use extreme amounts of pesticides instead of employing the more intricate greenhouse methods originally developed in Gush Katif. the Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Shlomo Amar confirmed that there is evidence to support [...]
