*Tabbouleh is one of the most popular salads in the Middle East. It is often served family-style in a little bowl along with many other appetizer-type dishes (humus, falafel, baba ghanoush). My strategy for eating Mediterranean mezze is to just pile my pita with everything that looks tasty. The only hard to find ingredient in…
Just in time for the Festival of Weeks, a Shavuot holiday music video (produced by “Rebbetzin TAP & Friends”) reminds Jews around the world that Tuesday night is the time to “stay up all night!” Jews have a custom of remaining awake throughout the night in order to study the Torah. The custom is kept…
BY RABBI SHRAGA SIMMONS, AISH It is ironic that Shavuot is such a little-known holiday. Because in fact, Shavuot commemorates the single most important event in Jewish history ― the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot is the culmination of the seven-week-long “counting of the Omer” that occurs following Passover. The very name…
*Tabbouleh is one of the most popular salads in the Middle East. It is often served family-style in a little bowl along with many other appetizer-type dishes (humus, falafel, baba ghanoush). My strategy for eating Mediterranean mezze is to just pile my pita with everything that looks tasty. The only hard to find ingredient in this…
Just in time for the Festival of Weeks, a Shavuot holiday music video (produced by “Rebbetzin TAP & Friends”) reminds Jews around the world that Tuesday night is the time to “stay up all night!” Jews have a custom of remaining awake throughout the night in order to study the Torah. The custom is kept…
The Jerusalem Connection has a mission-essential core of volunteers who work almost entirely behind the scenes. Today, we are bringing them center stage to introduce all of our readers to the people who keep the TJCI machine’s gears grinding, wheels rolling, and motor cranking. We are so grateful for their years of support! Marilyn Henretty…
