01/06/2015
A Day for Musicians
Today, Jewish Treats honors two musicians who were born on January 6:…
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01/05/2015
The Great Bird Ziz
In honor of National Bird Day, Jewish Treats would like to introduce one of…
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01/05/2015
Any Subject
Whether your reading interests are science, history, biography or…
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01/02/2015
Ahhh…Cholent
The highlight of many Shabbat lunch tables is cholent, a hot stew…
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01/01/2015
Entry Point
Although immigrants from around the world came through Ellis Island, the…
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01/01/2015
Thoughts to Ponder
Today is the fast of the Tenth of Tevet, which commemorates the beginning…
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12/31/2014
The Tenth of Tevet
And it was in the ninth year of [King Zaddekiah’s] reign, in the tenth…
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12/31/2014
Midnight
A day is divided into 24 equal units of time (hours). Different cultures,…
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12/30/2014
Events in Granada
Joseph ibn Naghrela (1035 - 1066) was only 21 years when he succeeded his…
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12/30/2014
Family Time
Call a relative with whom you have not spoken recently, just to say hello…
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12/29/2014
Settling Texas
On December 29, 1845, the sovereign nation known as the Republic of Texas…
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12/29/2014
Jewish Treats
If you have been enjoying Jewish Treats this year, please help us…
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12/26/2014
Menashe and Ephraim
Joseph’s two sons, Menashe and Ephraim, are familiar names because (a) they…
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12/25/2014
Surviving Via Shanghai
In his youth, Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz probably never imagined that he would…
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12/25/2014
All Around the World
Remember that one can live an active Jewish life anywhere in the…
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12/24/2014
Putting Chanukah In Perspective
The events of Chanukah took place about 150 years after the death of…
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12/24/2014
Hannah and Her Sons
The story of Hannah and her seven sons is a story of the Jewish resistance…
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12/24/2014
Reflect Pride
Reflect on the history of the Jewish people and take pride in the nation's…
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12/23/2014
Beauty and the Greeks
What does Noah’s son Yephet have to do with the story of Chanukah and the…
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12/23/2014
A Maccabees’ Who’s Who
Mattityahu (Mattathias): A High Priest descended from the Hasmonean…
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12/22/2014
Rock of Ages
“Rock of Ages let our song / Praise thy saving power / Thou amidst the…
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12/22/2014
A Chanukah Heroine
Have you ever heard of Yehudit (Judith), the daughter of Yochanan the High…
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12/21/2014
Spin the Dreidel
I have a little dreidelI made it out of clayAnd when it’s dry and readyWith…
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12/21/2014
The Book(s) of Maccabees
Chanukah is neither directly ordained in the Torah (like Rosh Hashana,…
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