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Kosher Cuisine

Modern Manna recipe / Date, walnut, and red wine charoset

A kosher for Passover variation on the Iraqi charoset of dates molasses and walnuts.

By Vered Guttman | Mar 19, 2013 | 03:05 PM

Making order of an Israeli-style fusion Passover seder
By Vered Guttman

Belyashi (fried dumplings): a Tartar delicacy

Recipes / The great miracle of Hanukkah, straight from the Tatar kitchen

This holiday, try Belyashi, a type of fried dumpling attributed to the Tatars, wandering Muslim tribes that originated in Turkey and the Caucasus, known for their courage and their fascinating culture.

By Hedai Offaim | Dec 13, 2012 | 03:33 PM

Be Merry / The Hanukkah miracle of the latke without oil

No need for the classic Hanukkah dish to be greasy - not when you use sweet potatoes and bake your latkes. Just one of the many possibilities of this root veggie, now in high season.

By Limor Laniado Tiroche | Dec 13, 2012 | 04:48 AM

Modern Manna Recipe / Banana rum beignets with caramel sauce and banana coconut crunch for Hanukkah

After serving latkes, doughnuts are unnecessary, but no one will say no if you offer.

By Vered Guttman | Dec 6, 2012 | 10:27 PM

Color it crimson: Beet, black lentil and tehina salad

Beets provide a unique blend of delicate sweetness and earthy flavor.

By Limor Laniado Tiroche | Nov 29, 2012 | 01:27 AM

Tourist tip #98 / Sufganiyot, to your health

From a simple jelly donut to extravagant alcohol-spiked pleasures, today's sufganiyot allow Israelis to celebrate Hanukkah with a sugar overdose of their choice, now available in many unexpected flavors.

By Brian Schaefer, Ruth Schuster | Nov 28, 2012 | 10:01 AM

The ultimate noodle: Grandma Rivka’s Polish farfel

For comfort food, there's nothing like Grandma Rivka’s Polish farfel.

By Hedai Offaim | Nov 25, 2012 | 07:50 AM

Modern Manna recipe / Quinoa and butternut squash salad with dried tomato powder

A great addition to the Thanksgiving table.

By Vered Guttman | Nov 20, 2012 | 08:25 PM

Thanksgiving date, whiskey and mascarpone tart

This Middle Eastern-Italian-inspired tart can fit well on your traditional Thanksgiving table.

By Vered Guttman | Nov 15, 2012 | 11:11 AM

Take me to the (West Bank) casbah

The wonderful sweet traditions of the Arab Middle East are still going strong in Nablus.

By Ronit Vered | Nov 8, 2012 | 03:36 PM

Green chicken curry with Shiitake mushrooms & cashews.

Be Merry / Hot, hotter, hottest

Stir-fry chicken, tofu or veggies in a flavorful sauce made out of a blend of spices and you're bound to curry favor with your guests.

By Limor Laniado Tiroche | Nov 8, 2012 | 04:20 AM | 2

Jewish World News

NYPD police vans in New York City’s Times Square.

New Yorker jailed in Rabbi Chaskel Werzberger's 1990 killing could be freed

By The Associated Press | 05:33 PM | 3

A nun holds a photograph of Pope Francis during a Thanksgiving Mass for the newly elected pope

Pope’s book co-authored with rabbi to be translated into English

By Reuters | 03:49 PM

U.S. appeals court hears 'Jerusalem is Israel' passport case

By JTA | 02:20 PM | 24

The Jewish Thinker

It’s time to end the slavery of narrow-mindedness

By Arie Hasit / Jewish World blogger | 12:06 PM

Forget the ultra-Orthodox; focus on settlers

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger | 12:14 AM

Moderate rabbis are all around us, even in Israel

By Arie Hasit / Jewish World blogger, Emily Levy-Shochat | 02:45 PM | 9

Rabbis' Round Table

A Passover meter for measuring freedom

By Rabbi Micah Peltz / Jewish World blogger | 11:27 PM

The Jewish obligation to obliterate the glass ceiling on women

By Rabbi Elianna Yolkut / Jewish World blogger | 11:25 AM

Coffee, Haggadot, and Jewish assimilation

By Rabbi Joel Seltzer / Jewish World blogger | 11:58 AM