hannukah - Icerocket Tag

Dec

2011

The Iranian Yalda And The Fateful Choice Of Light Over Darkness

43 days ago by mgopin

Just a few days ago was the longest night of the year. Another way of looking at is that this was night in which the tide of darkness began to turn back in favor of light. Bunched around this time are so many ancient holidays of lights and candles, of which Hanukah and Christmas are but two. Ancient ...

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Holiday Leftovers

43 days ago by therealjerusalemstreets

This year gender segregation made international headlines, not the Hanukkah and holiday lights nor the sights of Jerusalem. On the last day of Hanukkah at the Great Synagogue, hundreds of women took over and occupied the men’s section. This women’s only gathering of prayer and performances called fo ...

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Three Doughs, Endless Possibilities: Grandma’s Rugelach

44 days ago by pragmaticattic

The above is actually a picture of Hungarian Yeast Rugelach, from a much earlier post. I don’t have a picture of the crescent shaped rugelach my grandmother A”H favored. I went with roll shaped rugelach this time. If you want to see how the crescent shaped rugelach is made, you can take a look at [. ...

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Three Doughs, Endless Possibilities: Julia G.’s Rugelach

44 days ago by pragmaticattic

I don’t know why, but I usually feel the urge to make rugelach this time of year. Not pareve yeast rugelach, but dairy rugelach, with real butter and cream cheese. It always seems like a fabulous idea . . . until I am halfway through rolling out, filling and shaping the dough. Then I remember [...]

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Hanukkah happiness at the Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie // music

44 days ago by Aimee Kligman

Photo by Steve Solomonson Mazel tov! Pint-sized Hanukkah observer Nathaniel Cohen and dad Victor create a masterpiece fit for the family album during a Festival of Lights party at the Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie on Dec. 25. Four-year-old Dovid Gilbert gleamed with pride as he lit a candle on ...

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Three Doughs, Endless Possibilities: Old World Mock Strudel

44 days ago by pragmaticattic

I mentioned in my last post that Grandma Rose’s filled cookies are a bit labor intensive, with a lot of rolling and shaping. The dough gets divided into four parts, and by the time I had rolled and filled the first three parts, I was ready for something new to do with the remaining quarter [...]

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