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Thanksgiving

J. reporter Lea Loeb (right) with her husband George and their two kids. (Courtesy)
Posted inFirst Person

For my mixed Jewish-Salvadoran family, Thanksgiving is complicated

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 21, 2025November 21, 2025

I’ve been feeling a tug of unease as Thanksgiving approaches. On paper, it’s supposed to be simple: a day to cook too much, eat too much, be grateful. But in […]

Pumpkin fritters with tahini sauce. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inRecipe

Pumpkin fritters for your Thanksgiving and Hanukkah tables

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer November 17, 2025November 18, 2025
A Thanksgiving greeting card from 1908
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Reality gobbled up our plan to host Algerian tourists for a holiday meal

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 30, 2024December 30, 2024
Sweet potato torte with chocolate-almond butter (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inUncategorized

Sweet potatoes take the cake in this Thanksgiving dessert

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer November 10, 2023December 20, 2023
All Americans do Easter, right? .... Right? (Photo/piqsels.com)
Posted inJewish Life

Christmas and Easter are American holidays — aren’t they?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler March 15, 2022
A Thanksgiving greeting card from 1908
Posted inEditorial

From our archives: Newspapers of Thanksgivings past — 1909, 1924, 1958

by J. Editorial Board November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
In 1789, Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas of New York's Congregation Shearith Israel gave what is widely believed to be the first-ever Jewish sermon about Thanksgiving. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons-Shearith Israel)
Posted inOpinion

How Thanksgiving helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

Rabbi Yael Buechler by Rabbi Yael Buechler and JTA November 22, 2021November 22, 2021
A Thanksgiving table is set with traditional holiday favorites. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Thanksgiving evolves, and my mind turns to the first Jew in the Americas

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 11, 2021November 11, 2021
"Thanksgiving at Plymouth" by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1925.
Posted inThanksgiving

Thanksgiving was established during an American crisis. Then and now, Judaism teaches us to be grateful.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer by Rabbi Moshe Hauer and JTA November 25, 2020November 25, 2020
A Thanksgiving table is set with traditional holiday favorites. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inHolidays

We need Thanksgiving more than ever this year

Daniel Treiman by Daniel Treiman and JTA November 16, 2020November 18, 2020

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