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Shavuot

What is Shavuot? Learn More About This Holiday.

By 18Doors

Though Shavuot might not be one of the most well-known Jewish holidays, it’s one that’s a lot of fun and worth...

Jewish Holidays, Shavuot

When is Shavuot 2022? Here’s What You Need to Know.

By 18Doors

Though Shavuot might not be one of the most well-known Jewish holidays, it’s one that’s worth celebrating....

Shavuot

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Shavuot: The Basics

By 18Doors

Available in on-screen reading friendly (PDF) and printer-friendly, downloadable (PDF) versions. Shavuot has...

Booklets, Jewish Holidays, Shavuot

Cheesecake

Shavuot Recipes

By 18Doors

It is customary to eat a dairy meal at least once during Shavuot. One reason is that it is a reminder of the...

Dairy, Dessert, Recipes, Shavuot, Shavuot Food

mother and daughter reading

How to Celebrate Shavuot: 7 Ideas For the Holiday

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

If you didn’t grow up Jewish, or even if you did, you may not know much about Shavuot. So you might be wondering:...

Other Holidays Rituals, Shavuot

Cara Cara cake

Semolina Cara Cara Orange Cake

By Whitney Fisch

Shavuot. The “Festival of Weeks.” If ever there was a confusing holiday (Shmini Atzeret aside),...

Dessert, Jewish Holidays Food, Recipes, Shavuot

Japanese-Style Baked Cheesecake with Fresh Berries

By Kristin Eriko Posner

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

Black + White Creamsicles

By Whitney Fisch

Aside from the smell of tuna fish, nothing can really transport me to a New York Jewish deli like a black and...

Cooking with Kids, Dessert, Recipes, Shavuot

Key Lime Bars for Shavuot

By Mari Levine

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

Tahini Vanilla Ice Box Cake

By Whitney Fisch

Valentine’s Day. How does this fit into a Jewish or interfaith home? Technically, yes, Valentine’s...

Cooking with Kids, Dessert, Recipes, Shavuot

kugel bites

Sweet Summer Kugel Bites

By Leah Klein

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

By Anna Keller

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 an interfaith...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot

cream cheese and bagels

Four Cream Cheese Schmears for Shavuot

By Leah Klein

A bagel is naked without a good schmear. The word schmear comes from the Yiddish word “to spread.”...

Recipes, Shavuot, Shavuot Food

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Let’s Celebrate Fellow Travelers on Shavuot

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

This post is based on an article by Rabbi Copeland that originally appeared on jweekly.com There have always...

Shavuot

Planning for a First Shavuot

By Emily Mace

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

By Jessie Boatright

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

cruise ship

Sinai At Sea

By Andi Rosenthal

435 Published June 9, 2008. Republished May 21, 2014 When most people go away on vacation, they spend the...

Shavuot

Chosen Eats: Rosh Hashanah Recipe – Pomegranate Ice Cream

By 18Doors

Recipe by Mari Levine There’s nothing sweeter than fresh pomegranate ice cream. If you’ve ever cracked...

Dessert, High Holy Days Recipes, Recipes, Shavuot

Shavuot: Days of Cheese and Roses

By Ruth Abrams

1126 Shavuot is a hard-to-sell holiday in the United States, and it shouldn’t be. As my sister...

Recipes, Shavuot

The Book of Ruth: an Interfaith Tale

By Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael

28 The Book of Ruth is read at this time of year on the holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot, traditionally an...

Shavuot

Delicious Recipes to Enhance Your Shavuot Celebration

By 18Doors

603 This article is reprinted with permission of JTA. There are at least six ways to celebrate Shavuot,...

Holiday Cooking, Recipes, Shavuot

Orpah: A Shout-Out for Shavuot

By 18Doors

435 Originally published June 2005. Republished April 15, 2013. Like many of my friends who have chosen...

Shavuot

Shavuot

By Ruth Abrams

(In which someone finally answers the question, “What about…Naomi?”) Shavuot begins Sunday...

Other Holidays, Shavuot

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