Beth Chananie

“52 Shabbats — Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen” is a kosher cookbook with a fresh take on recipes, including Passover favorites. It’s written by food writer and recipe developer Faith Kramer; its recipes are rooted in Jewish history. Color photographs are by Clara Rice. It’s a beautiful cookbook. I would add that it’s not for the novice cook, although the recipes are so well written and easy to follow.

On October 12, congregants and friends of Temple Sinai of Bergen County gathered to remember the 1,200 people killed when Hamas attacked in Israel on October 7, 2023. Rabbi Jordan Millstein and Cantor Nitza Shamah led the ceremony, which included memorial prayers. Participants laid 1,200 small Israeli flags in a coffin that was placed in a newly created memorial garden outside the Tenafly synagogue.