Traditionally, in Judaism, there’s a ceremony for baby boys, held on the 8th day after birth – a brit milah (a “bris”), or covenant of circumcision. It encompasses both a ritual circumcision, along with a formal baby naming/Judaic…

Seattle, on average, gets 3 inches of a snow a year. So far, this week, we’ve received quite a bit more than that – by some accounts, we’ll have a foot by the time it’s all said and…

From all of us here in snowy Seattle, Happy Hannukah!

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(As do Joelle and…

I definitely need to get one of these: http://store.barackobama.com/product_p/bt21991.htm

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I was going to put together some posts on the issues with the Rubashkin Kosher Meat processing plant (and why we’re boycotting), but my friend John has put together a couple great posts already – might as well…

Now that it’s the last day of Passover, it is time to start thinking about post-Passover food (though can’t have any of it until after 9:30 pm tonight, at least in Seattle. Pizza will be awaiting!)

While we…

I had this at a men’s cooking class with Kavana recently, need to remember to make these myself after Pesach (Passover):

• Red Lentil Soup: http://www.herbivoracious.com/2008/04/recipe-syrian-y.html
• Labneh (Spiced Yogurt Cheese): http://www.herbivoracious.com/2008/04/recipe-syrian-s.html
• Ricotta Pancakes:

Sent this email to some co-workers who were interested this morning, thought it might be generally interesting to more (though I’ve posted similar things in the past)

Since you were interested, (or at least I discussed with you) in the

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