A Charitable Project That Hits Close to Home
Earlier today, a friend was kind enough to share an article with me that addressed several of my interests: cooking, charity and the Pittsburgh Jewish community. The first two have had a prominent...
View ArticleConsuming our way to Olam Ha’Bah?
For some reason, I get stopped all the time in the produce section at Whole Foods. I don’t know what it is about me that suggests why I would be able to explain the difference between lacinato and...
View ArticleA Fruitful Lesson
On Shavuot, when we celebrate receiving the Torah, we also celebrate the offering of the first fruits in the Temple, the bikurim. The offering was a supremely humble gesture: the fruits which form...
View ArticleA (Theoretical) Dialogue Between a Jewish Vegetarian Activist and a Rabbi
Thanks to Richard H. Schwartz Ph.D. for his latest guest post. His previous post on not eating meat can be found here. For a long time, Richard has been trying to start a respectful dialogue in the...
View ArticleYid.Dish: Waste Not, Want This Green Bean-Feta Salad
Fresh, local green beans should be here any day, now – but when they aren’t available, I rely on the frozen ones from Trader Joe’s. I like that TJ’s haricots verts are less waterlogged than many other...
View ArticleA Meditation on Fasting
I have to admit that I’m pretty surprised that none of the contributors at Jew and the Carrot has mentioned anything about shiva asar b’Tammuz, or the 17th of Tammuz, a fast day that fell this year on...
View ArticleSukkot Drash Tishrei 21 5770/Oct. 9, 2009
Author’s note: The following is a drash I gave at my shul two days ago. My shul, Havurah Shalom in Portland, Oregon, is a participatory congregation. We are in the final days of Sukkot, one of...
View ArticleAt Vegans’ Weddings: Beef or Tofu?
“I know it’s your day, but it’s not all about you…Why have a wedding if you’re going to be like that [serve only vegetarian options]? Just print a bumper sticker.” Did this article that concluded with...
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