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Shabbat

Rabbi Hecht’s Cholent (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Vegetarian cholent and kishke — with a side of Shabbat mysticism

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer October 16, 2020October 16, 2020
Cornell University student Aliza Saunders shows off the supplies she got from Cornell Hillel to celebrate Shabbat on her own. (Photo/Courtesy Cornell Hillel)
Posted inU.S.

‘It’s not the same and everybody knows it’: Jewish campus life goes virtual

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 27, 2020August 27, 2020
(Photo/pikrepo.com)
Posted inJewish Life

To prevent another pandemic, our Shabbat meals need to include far less meat

Melissa Hoffman by Melissa Hoffman May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
The cast of BBC's "Friday Night Dinner," which Americans can catch on Hulu and Amazon Prime.
Posted inTV & Film

British comedy ‘Friday Night Dinner’ is hilarious quarantine viewing

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
Rabbi Ari Cartun's family having Shabbat dinner together, March 2020.
Posted inFirst Person

Virtual Judaism is being forced upon us. I’m determined to make the best of it.

Rabbi Ari Cartun by Rabbi Ari Cartun March 26, 2020March 27, 2020
Julie Levine lights Shabbat candles (Photo/Jacqueline Warner)
Posted inParenting

Trading a frazzled Shabbat for one that makes me grateful

by Julie Levine March 24, 2020
Rabbi Daniel Stein (top right) leads candle lighting and some songs over Zoom before Shabbat, March 13, 2020. (Screenshot/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inReligion

Shabbat, prayer and religious connection during a pandemic

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 17, 2020March 17, 2020
A group of women lead a sisterhood Shabbat dinner at a synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1943. (Photo/Flickr-Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest)
Posted inTorah

How do we save ourselves from ourselves? Shabbat.

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 20, 2020February 21, 2020
Cholent (Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Cholent, Shabbat stew, is perfect for a chilly winter day

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer January 17, 2020January 17, 2020
Friday night prayers at the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial featured a 78-person choir and screens projecting the words of the service, Dec. 13, 2019. (Rob Dicker/Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inReligion

Inside the biggest American Shabbat service of the year

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 17, 2019December 17, 2019

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