B'tayavon: Maimonides chicken soup

Chicken Soup is one dish that has reached mythical status in Jewish culture. Known as the “Jewish Penicillin,” chicken soup is offered to nurse colds, eliminate headaches, and even comfort broken hearts. There is almost nothing chicken soup is not purported to cure. This idea dates back to at least the 12th century when Maimonides,…

Maimonides chicken soup

Chicken Soup is one dish that has reached mythical status in Jewish culture.  Known as the “Jewish Penicillin,” chicken soup is offered to nurse colds, eliminate headaches, and even comfort broken hearts.  There is almost nothing chicken soup is not purported to cure.  This idea dates back to at least the 12th century when Maimonides,…

Israel and Gaza in the New Middle East

BY SAMARA GREENBERG, inCONTEXT— Israel’s south found some respite from rocket fire this week after four days of unrelenting attacks from Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip. All is not quiet, however, as Gaza’s militants continue to launch rockets sporadically at Israeli towns, forcing Israel to counterattack, despite the Egyptian-brokered truce that unofficially ended the…