Yom Tov – The First Festival Days

Yom TovThe First Festival Days Sukkot is a 7 day holiday. The first day (first two days outside of Israel) are Yamim Tovim –…

The Story of the Modern Day Maccabees

The Story of the Modern Day Maccabees Relive the miraculous 1976 Operation Entebbe which was carried out by a group referred…

The Disputation of Paris

The month of June in the year 1240 C.E. was not a good time for the Jews of Europe. The trouble began with a Jewish apostate named Nicholas Donin. Wanting, perhaps, to prove his loyalty…

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Rabbi Buchwald on Chanukah

Rabbi Buchwald on ChanukahWeb Series Let Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald, Founder and Director of NJOP, take you through the…

Passover Apple Cake

TraditionalPassover Apple Cake (Pareve) Ingredients: 3/4 c. of cake meal 3/4 c. of potato starch 2 1/3 c. of sugar 5 eggs…

Matzo Brei

TraditionalMatzo Brei (pareve) Ingredients: 4 matzot warm water 1 onion 4 eggs salt and pepper Directions: Soak Matzot in…

Charoset

TraditionalCharoset (Pareve) Suibmitted by: Rosalind Rosenbaum This delicious combination of wine, nuts, and apples is eaten…

Shelach 5780-2020

“The Torah’s Definition of ‘Power'” (Revised and Updated from Parashat Shelach 5761-2001) by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald. This coming week’s parasha, parashat Shelach, recounts the story of…

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In Arkansas

Jewish life in Arkansas began in 1825 with the arrival of Abraham Block to the town of Washington in Hempstead County. For Block and his family, however, it was a very lonely Jewish…

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Recommended Passover Reading

Recommended Passover ReadingPassover… the season of matzah, maror and minding the minutes until you can get away from your family. Not anymore! Shimon Apisdorf’s fantastic…