Shavuot: The Basics
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Shavuot Recipes
1297It is customary to eat a dairy meal at least once during Shavuot. One reason is that it is a reminder...
7 Ways to Make Shavuot More Meaningful
On Shavuot, Jews celebrate Matan Torah, the Giving of the Torah. If you didn’t grow up Jewish, or even if you...
Semolina Cara Cara Orange Cake
Shavuot. The “Festival of Weeks.” If ever there was a confusing holiday (Shmini Atzeret aside),...
Japanese-Style Baked Cheesecake with Fresh Berries
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) is coming up, during which dairy is a symbolic ingredient.
In Judaism, the big holidays...
Dairy, Dessert, Jewish Holidays Food, Multicultural Food, Other Holidays Food, Shavuot, Yom Kippur
Black + White Creamsicles
Aside from the smell of tuna fish, nothing can really transport me to a New York Jewish deli like a black and...
Key Lime Bars for Shavuot
I like to call Shavuot the “No meat? No problem!” holiday. When brainstorming a recipe for this post, I learned...
Dairy, Dessert, Jewish Holidays Food, Other Holidays Food, Recipes, Shavuot
Tahini Vanilla Ice Box Cake
Valentine’s Day. How does this fit into a Jewish or interfaith home? Technically, yes, Valentine’s...
Sweet Summer Kugel Bites
For summer, we are taking inspiration from the layers of an Italian lasagna as well as the sweetness of kugel....
Cooking with Kids, Picnic Friendly, Recipes, Shabbat Food, Shavuot
Strolling with Moses on Shavuot
There was a painting that hung in the living room of our house when I was a child. My father’s good friend Mike...
Babies, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot
Thanks for Giving Me Shavuot for Father’s Day
By Alex Schuh
The Schuh family at their children’s b’nai mitzvah
One thing I love about being in...
Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot
Four Cream Cheese Schmears for Shavuot
A bagel is naked without a good schmear. The word schmear comes from the Yiddish word “to spread.”...
Let’s Celebrate Fellow Travelers on Shavuot
This post is based on an article by Rabbi Copeland that originally appeared on jweekly.com
There have always...
Planning for a First Shavuot
Despite being part of a Jewish family for the past decade, I have never celebrated Shavuot. After the excitement...
Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot
A Meditation on Rules: My Shavuot Postscript
Shavuot came at an interesting time in our parenting journey this year. In addition to cheese blintzes, the...
Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot
Sinai At Sea
435Published June 9, 2008. Republished May 21, 2014
When most people go away on vacation, they spend the...
Chosen Eats: Rosh Hashanah Recipe – Pomegranate Ice Cream
1378August 21, 2013
Recipe by Mari LevineThere’s nothing sweeter than fresh pomegranate ice cream.
If...
Delicious Recipes to Enhance Your Shavuot Celebration
603This article is reprinted with permission of JTA.
There are at least six ways to celebrate Shavuot,...
Orpah: A Shout-Out for Shavuot
435Originally published June 2005. Republished April 15, 2013.
Like many of my friends who have chosen...
Shavuot: Days of Cheese and Roses
1126Shavuot is a hard-to-sell holiday in the United States, and it shouldn’t be. As my sister...
The Book of Ruth: an Interfaith Tale
28The Book of Ruth is read at this time of year on the holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot, traditionally an...
Shavuot
(In which someone finally answers the question, “What about…Naomi?”)
Shavuot begins Sunday...
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