Photo: After establishing a line of kosher wines produced in the Upper Galilee, NBA All-Star Amaré Stoudemire expands his offerings to California in collaboration with Herzog Wine Cellars. With Passover just around the corner (starting sundown on March 27), many people choose to serve wines that are kosher-certified. So, just how different is kosher wine…
Camp has become a staple of the summer season. Each year, millions of children, youth, and adults head to the hills, lakes, valleys, and parks to participate in the time-honored tradition of camp. And, while most people easily conjure up images of campfires and canoes, there is a lot more to the camp experience….
By Bonnie Groessl Self-care is an important part of staying physically and mentally healthy. When do you take care of yourself? Very often, we put the needs of our work, families and other people ahead of our own. In order to be able to do all the things you do; you must take care of yourself first. In…
Photo: IDF soldiers from the Home Front Command celebrating Purim with Mishloach Manot from FIDF. Photo credit: Boaz Eshtai. Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) delivered Mishloach Manot to thousands of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers for Purim this week. Every year, FIDF distributes Mishloach Manot to soldiers from various brigades and battalions adopted…
Photo: Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin and his family as gondoliers on Purim, celebrating the fact that we live in a topsy-turvy world. Courtesy of Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin By Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin Special to the Arizona Daily Star On a typical day, I’m easy to spot on the streets of Tucson. Even on the hottest days, you…
By Hannah Prager Being Jewish, having family members in addiction recovery, and now working for a treatment center for alcoholism and addiction, I wanted to learn more about Purim, and the commandment to drink. I had the opportunity to (virtually) sit down and learn with Rabbi Dr. Chaim Meyer Tureff to learn about the roots…
The Challah Hub girls make incredible and very unusual types of challah’s, check out their blog here – challahhub.com Here they make a special heart-shaped challah for Valentine’s Day with strawberries and chocolate with Caroline Artiss. Ingredients: 1 cup warm water 1 package Rapid Rise Yeast 4 cups of flour (we recommend Gold’s “Better for…
This Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to keep wellness in mind when you are creating the perfect Valentine’s Day gift. A relaxing and thoughtful gift, suggests TV host of Alive & Well Michelle Harris, can be a custom-created wellness box that you put together for a personalized wellness experience. 1. Begin with a great box…
A new discovery by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and its affiliated Soroka University Medical Center shows that medical cannabis may reduce blood pressure in older adults. The study, published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, is the first of its kind to focus on the effect of cannabis on blood…
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a negative toll on so many aspects of everyday life, including the ongoing anxiety of students and teachers in the classrooms. Hidden Sparks, a nonprofit focusing on training teachers and providing them with the tools to support struggling students in mainstream Jewish day schools, recently convened a virtual conference to…
