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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...

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Consuming 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...

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A 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...

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A (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...

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Yid.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...

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A 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...

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Sukkot 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...

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At 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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