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Why do the Jews of India call Passover ‘The holiday of the covered clay pot with the sour liquid’?
The Bene Israel, India’s largest Jewish community, doesn’t call Passover Passover. The word in their language, Marathi, is “Anashi Dhakaicha San,” which means “The Holiday of the Closing of the Anas.” San is the word for holiday, and anas refers to a sour liquid in a pot.
At Little Sesame in Washington, D.C., social justice is on the menu
By July 4, Little Sesame restaurant in Washington, D.C. will have served 50,000 meals. That’s an astonishing number for any restaurant during a worldwide pandemic when the majority of restaurants have been shuttered or reduced to take-out and delivery. It’s even more notable considering all of those meals have been served, at no cost, to vulnerable, at-risk Washingtonians.
The Ultimate Jerusalem Food Crawl: Mahane Yehuda’s Most Tantalizing Must-Eats
Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Shuk is a vibrant market by day, and a party, live music and a bar scene by night. There’s unparalleled exuberance, history and character to this market, which was established at the dawn of the 19th century, went through many upheavals, and an eventual revival. The nonchalant elderly men play backgammon in the court just across from Azura, by the Iraqi market of the shuk, while having a smoke. Millennial and tourists sip from beer bottles nearby at Beer Bazaar.
Food Festival Brings Jews And Arabs Together In Haifa
The 3rd annual A-Sham Arab Food Festival took place in Haifa, Israel, over three days in December — right on the heels of Trump’s announcement about moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Somehow, the news of the festival glided by without a bleep, right under the international media’s radar. There was a conspicuous spirit of collaboration among the participants — approximately 70 chefs, both Jewish and Arab (Muslim and Christian).
Israel Takes Doughnut Decoration To Dizzying New Heights
Just before Hanukkah each year, doughnut collections are released in Israel as if they were haute couture Parisienne fashion. The humble Israeli jelly-filled doughnut dusted with powdered sugar has evolved over the last decade or two into doughnuts with show-stopping glazes, decorations, and gimmicks — and palate-tantalizing flavors. The doughnut evolution was undeniable when the “chaser doughnuts” gimmick swept the Israeli market.
Fried Potato Sliders, A Spicy Mumbai Snack, Make Festive Latke Substitute
I had only two days left in Mumbai before flying back home to the U.S. (with a few days layover in Tel Aviv, where I was born and raised). I had pretty much checked off all the boxes on my Jewish-Indian heritage discovery trip to India. I’d visited almost every single active synagogue in this chaotic, yet somehow familiar, city of 20 million, which my parents called home until their 20s when they emigrated to Israel.
Discovering Yom Kippur Tradition And A Beautiful Break-Fast Pastry In Mumbai
This is the second article in a two-part series. Last year, I made my first visit to Mumbai to walk in my mom’s proverbial footsteps and discover my Indian-Jewish heritage. I spent some time in the kitchen of Sharona Hayeems, a local Jewish caterer, learning her traditional method for making halwa, a sweet Indian custard that the Bene Israel Indian-Jewish community makes especially for Rosh Hashanah.
How A Mumbai Cook Prepares For Rosh Hashanah
This is part one of a two-part series. On the morning of Rosh Hashanah Eve 2016, I met Sharona Hayeems, a local Indian Jewish caterer, at her home in Dadar, a neighborhood in Mumbai where some of the remaining 4,500 Indian Jews in India still live. I was there to spend some time watching her cook for Rosh Hashanah.
Israeli-Indian Jew in Mumbai Unearths the Spice of Her Life
Little did I know, when my Indian-Israeli aunt insisted on visiting a certain spice shop during my visit to Mumbai, that it would be in the Lalbaug spice bazaar. I had marked the bazaar as a must visit on the Google map I “drew” while planning my trip to India. Like my aunt, many Indian Israelis visit this shop when they land in Mumbai. Lalbaug, the neighborhood, is also my dad’s old stomping ground. It was a rainy day, the last of the monsoons.
A Seder in February? Here’s How to Celebrate Tu B’Shvat
It’s funny how many people — Jewish ones included — don’t know about Tu B’Shvat. The most beautiful holiday you’ve never heard of, it’s well worth learning about and celebrating. These days, people often refer to Tu B’Shvat as “the Jewish Arbor Day.” Indeed, according to the Mishnah (Jewish oral law), it is the new year of the trees. The holiday, which this year falls on February 11, is celebrated with a Seder: participants read from a Haggadah and drink four glasses of wine.
Chasing Challah in Mumbai
It was the break of dawn on a Thursday, as the monsoon waned in late October, that we descended from the skies over the slum rooftops and landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. My travel companion and I were then whisked off by our lovely Indian Jewish tour guide, Hanna Shapurkar, to Om Creations. Om Creations is a nonprofit center where Down syndrome and autistic adults are taught arts and crafts and some culinary skills.
A hole other tradition for Yom Kippur breakfast
Bagels with a schmear, kugel, whitefish salad, cured herring: To many Jews in America, that’s the standard lineup for a buffet at the end of Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days of the year, which begins at sundown Sept.
Recipe: Flavors of an Indian-Israeli Rosh Hashanah
The first inkling that Rosh Hashanah was approaching when I was growing up was when my mom would come home to our fourth-floor walk up apartment in Ashdod with Lily Pulitzer-like floral fabrics. I dreaded the frocks and matching hair bows that an Indian seamstress would sew us from the textiles.
Let Go My Krembo: 4 Odd Israeli Snacks to Try
When it comes to junk food, memory can play a big role in taste. For example, there are certain snack foods I’ve found recently in the U.S. that take me right back to my childhood on the Mediterranean Coast, in a small town 30 minutes south of Tel Aviv. As kids, my friends and I would drop by the neighborhood grocer to fill up on sweets and snacks after school, or in between jumping rope in the street.
Indian-Inspired Latkes
Democracy Dies in Darkness Indian-Inspired Latkes Start Cooking Comment on this story Reviews Add to your saved recipes Save By Shulie Madnick This potato-and-onion lakte recipe is based on one for an Indian fritter that was made by the Mumbai-born mother of Fairfax resident Shulie Madnick.
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