Issue

{ "__typename": "Issue", "volume": "1", "name": "Fall 2018(5779)", "link": "https://jewishaction.com/wp/issues/fall-20185779/", "hebrewYear": "5779", "coverImage": "JA/on3o1eqrvkaqj0nhyyq2", "onlineViewer": "https://issuu.com/orthodoxunion/docs/fall_18_web", "specialPosts": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/letters/letters-fall-2018/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/letters/", "name": "Letters" } ] }, "title": "Letters – Fall 2018", "excerpt": "High Cost of Burial As a rabbi, I truly appreciated Rabbi Akiva Males’ article entitled...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_184,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403957/Jewishaction/paper-letter/paper-letter.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_470,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403957/Jewishaction/paper-letter/paper-letter.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_389,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403957/Jewishaction/paper-letter/paper-letter.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403957/Jewishaction/paper-letter/paper-letter.jpg?_i=AA 1920w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403957/Jewishaction/paper-letter/paper-letter.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "uri": "/preidents-message/making-time-volunteerism-chesed/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/preidents-message/", "name": "President's Message" } ] }, "title": "Making Time for Volunteerism and Chesed", "excerpt": "It seems to me that our community’s relationship to chesed has changed. Rather than actually...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_300,c_fill,g_auto/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410611/Jewishaction/Mark-Moishe-Bane-e1561064423324/Mark-Moishe-Bane-e1561064423324.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_150,h_150,c_fill,g_auto/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410611/Jewishaction/Mark-Moishe-Bane-e1561064423324/Mark-Moishe-Bane-e1561064423324.png?_i=AA 150w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410611/Jewishaction/Mark-Moishe-Bane-e1561064423324/Mark-Moishe-Bane-e1561064423324.png?_i=AA 371w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410611/Jewishaction/Mark-Moishe-Bane-e1561064423324/Mark-Moishe-Bane-e1561064423324.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "uri": "/from-the-desk-of-allen-i-fagin-executive-vice-president-of-the-orthodox-union/data-driven-decision-making-communal-imperative/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/from-the-desk-of-allen-i-fagin-executive-vice-president-of-the-orthodox-union/", "name": "From the Desk of Allen I. Fagin, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union" } ] }, "title": "Data-Driven Decision Making: A Communal Imperative", "excerpt": "We are left with two stark choices: We can let history take its brutal course,...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_300,c_fill,g_auto/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410905/Jewishaction/fagin-circle-e1561066669332/fagin-circle-e1561066669332.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_150,h_150,c_fill,g_auto/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410905/Jewishaction/fagin-circle-e1561066669332/fagin-circle-e1561066669332.png?_i=AA 150w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410905/Jewishaction/fagin-circle-e1561066669332/fagin-circle-e1561066669332.png?_i=AA 494w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410905/Jewishaction/fagin-circle-e1561066669332/fagin-circle-e1561066669332.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "uri": "/chairmans-message/chairmans-message-fall-2018/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/chairmans-message/", "name": "Chairman's Message" } ] }, "title": "Chairman’s Message – Fall 2018", "excerpt": "Each of us makes choices—every day, every hour—many of which have eternal ramifications.\n", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_298,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410618/Jewishaction/Gerald-M.-Schreck-e1561066825633/Gerald-M.-Schreck-e1561066825633.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_150,h_150,c_fill,g_auto/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410618/Jewishaction/Gerald-M.-Schreck-e1561066825633/Gerald-M.-Schreck-e1561066825633.png?_i=AA 150w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410618/Jewishaction/Gerald-M.-Schreck-e1561066825633/Gerald-M.-Schreck-e1561066825633.png?_i=AA 370w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410618/Jewishaction/Gerald-M.-Schreck-e1561066825633/Gerald-M.-Schreck-e1561066825633.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "uri": "/inside-the-ou/inside-ou-fall-2018/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/inside-the-ou/", "name": "Inside the OU" } ] }, "title": "Inside the OU – Fall 2018", "excerpt": "Happenings Around the OU Healing Through Music Harel Chetzroni, founder of the Pearl and Harold...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_136,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403947/Jewishaction/InOU-Header_spring-2018/InOU-Header_spring-2018.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_349,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403947/Jewishaction/InOU-Header_spring-2018/InOU-Header_spring-2018.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_465,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403947/Jewishaction/InOU-Header_spring-2018/InOU-Header_spring-2018.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403947/Jewishaction/InOU-Header_spring-2018/InOU-Header_spring-2018.png?_i=AA 1303w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403947/Jewishaction/InOU-Header_spring-2018/InOU-Header_spring-2018.png?_i=AA" } } } ] }, "regularPosts": { "nodes": [ { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/", "name": "Jewish World" } ] }, "title": "The Forgotten Jewish Community of Ecuador", "excerpt": "<p>Jewish Action spoke with Rabbi Nir Koren, rabbi of the main Jewish community in Ecuador, and Rabbi Shoshan Ghoori, OU director of international relations, Latin America, to find out why a little-known Jewish community is experiencing a religious renaissance.</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/forgotten-jewish-community-ecuador/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_279,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414574/Jewishaction/ecuador/ecuador.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414574/Jewishaction/ecuador/ecuador.png?_i=AA 526w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414574/Jewishaction/ecuador/ecuador.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/the-rav/", "name": "The Rav" } ] }, "title": "A Portrait of The Rav", "excerpt": "<p>His Torah and teaching are being learned mainly without exposure to the force of his personality, which itself left such an indelible impression; without his sense of humor; without the intensity of his passion. Of course, we learned from the Rav’s Torah, but being exposed to his own persona was a limud in itself.</p>\n", "uri": "/the-rav/a-portrait-of-the-rav/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_243,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414278/Jewishaction/the-rav-joseph-b-soloveitchik-headshot-blue-overlay/the-rav-joseph-b-soloveitchik-headshot-blue-overlay.jpg?_i=AA 243w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_948,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414278/Jewishaction/the-rav-joseph-b-soloveitchik-headshot-blue-overlay/the-rav-joseph-b-soloveitchik-headshot-blue-overlay.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_829,h_1024,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414278/Jewishaction/the-rav-joseph-b-soloveitchik-headshot-blue-overlay/the-rav-joseph-b-soloveitchik-headshot-blue-overlay.jpg?_i=AA 829w", "sizes": "(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414278/Jewishaction/the-rav-joseph-b-soloveitchik-headshot-blue-overlay/the-rav-joseph-b-soloveitchik-headshot-blue-overlay.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/shabbat-holidays/rosh-hashanah/", "name": "Rosh Hashanah" }, { "uri": "/category/the-rav/", "name": "The Rav" } ] }, "title": "The Rav on the Significance of the Shofar", "excerpt": "<p>The shofar, a cry beyond words, a mitzvah which consists of the very breath of man, expresses that which ultimately cannot be expressed by us in words but is all the more meaningful.</p>\n", "uri": "/religion/shabbat-holidays/rosh-hashanah/rav-significance-shofar/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_150,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412551/Jewishaction/shofar/shofar.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_384,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412551/Jewishaction/shofar/shofar.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_512,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412551/Jewishaction/shofar/shofar.jpg?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412551/Jewishaction/shofar/shofar.jpg?_i=AA 1383w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412551/Jewishaction/shofar/shofar.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" }, { "uri": "/category/family/relationships/", "name": "Relationships" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/women/", "name": "Women" } ] }, "title": "Gifts My Mother Gave Me: A Tribute to the Jewish Mother", "excerpt": "<p>In the essays that follow, we pay tribute to the powerful and enduring influence of our mothers.</p>\n", "uri": "/family/relationships/gifts-mother-gave-tribute-jewish-mother/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_200,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412559/Jewishaction/gift-from-mothers-jewelry-boxes-AdobeStock_143690925/gift-from-mothers-jewelry-boxes-AdobeStock_143690925.jpeg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_512,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412559/Jewishaction/gift-from-mothers-jewelry-boxes-AdobeStock_143690925/gift-from-mothers-jewelry-boxes-AdobeStock_143690925.jpeg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_683,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412559/Jewishaction/gift-from-mothers-jewelry-boxes-AdobeStock_143690925/gift-from-mothers-jewelry-boxes-AdobeStock_143690925.jpeg?_i=AA 1024w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412559/Jewishaction/gift-from-mothers-jewelry-boxes-AdobeStock_143690925/gift-from-mothers-jewelry-boxes-AdobeStock_143690925.jpeg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" }, { "uri": "/category/family/relationships/", "name": "Relationships" }, { "uri": "/category/tribute/", "name": "Tribute" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/women/", "name": "Women" } ] }, "title": "On Mothers", "excerpt": "<p>[My mother] taught me that there is a flavor, a warmth, to mitzvot. I learned from her the most important thing in life—to feel the presence of the Almighty and the gentle pressure of His hand resting upon my frail shoulders.</p>\n", "uri": "/family/relationships/on-mothers/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_237,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412553/Jewishaction/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860.jpg?_i=AA 237w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_973,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412553/Jewishaction/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_808,h_1024,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412553/Jewishaction/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860.jpg?_i=AA 808w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412553/Jewishaction/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860.jpg?_i=AA 1879w", "sizes": "(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412553/Jewishaction/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860/rabbis-on-mothers-E.Flerova_The_Jewish-area_alexander-gallery-e1534439962860.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-living/", "name": "Jewish Living" }, { "uri": "/category/opinion/", "name": "Opinion" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/", "name": "Religion" } ] }, "title": "Jews By Choice", "excerpt": "<p>“A convert is Jewish now and part of the community. Treat them as Jews and love them as anyone else.”</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-living/jews-by-choice/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_298,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679415810/Jewishaction/har-sini-2/har-sini-2.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_150,h_150,c_fill,g_auto/f_auto,q_auto/v1679415810/Jewishaction/har-sini-2/har-sini-2.jpg?_i=AA 150w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_763,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679415810/Jewishaction/har-sini-2/har-sini-2.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_1017,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679415810/Jewishaction/har-sini-2/har-sini-2.jpg?_i=AA 1024w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679415810/Jewishaction/har-sini-2/har-sini-2.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-living/", "name": "Jewish Living" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/", "name": "Religion" } ] }, "title": "Loving the Convert", "excerpt": "<p>We must raise our sensitivity in reaching out to the converts in our midst with compassion and love and making them feel completely accepted.</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-living/loving-the-convert/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_116,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422031/Jewishaction/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers.jpg?_i=AA 116w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_1979,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422031/Jewishaction/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_397,h_1024,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422031/Jewishaction/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers.jpg?_i=AA 397w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422031/Jewishaction/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers.jpg?_i=AA 1733w", "sizes": "(max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422031/Jewishaction/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers/climb-cliff-together-teamwork-sunlight-hikers.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-living/", "name": "Jewish Living" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/", "name": "Religion" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/women/", "name": "Women" } ] }, "title": "Up Close With Rebbetzin Abby Lerner", "excerpt": "<p>&#8220;No one tells you that when you become Orthodox, you suddenly have a whole family around you.&#8221;</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-living/close-abby-lerner/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_229,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422034/Jewishaction/abby-lerner/abby-lerner.jpg?_i=AA 229w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422034/Jewishaction/abby-lerner/abby-lerner.jpg?_i=AA 676w", "sizes": "(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422034/Jewishaction/abby-lerner/abby-lerner.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/profile/", "name": "Profile" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/women/", "name": "Women" } ] }, "title": "Remembering Sarah Taub", "excerpt": "<p>She took her baby home with one question for God. “You gave me this child; what is my mission? Let me see the purpose while I’m alive.”</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/people/remembering-sarah-taub/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_238,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422029/Jewishaction/Sarah-Taub/Sarah-Taub.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_610,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422029/Jewishaction/Sarah-Taub/Sarah-Taub.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422029/Jewishaction/Sarah-Taub/Sarah-Taub.jpg?_i=AA 934w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422029/Jewishaction/Sarah-Taub/Sarah-Taub.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/health/medicine/", "name": "Medicine" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/women/", "name": "Women" } ] }, "title": "Preserving Your Future: Egg Freezing Technology", "excerpt": "<p>“Have you considered fertility preservation?” she asked. “Because you should do it. Now.”</p>\n", "uri": "/health/medicine/preserving-future-egg-freezing-technology/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_231,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410540/Jewishaction/fertility-dna-green-medical-illustration/fertility-dna-green-medical-illustration.png?_i=AA 231w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410540/Jewishaction/fertility-dna-green-medical-illustration/fertility-dna-green-medical-illustration.png?_i=AA 659w", "sizes": "(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410540/Jewishaction/fertility-dna-green-medical-illustration/fertility-dna-green-medical-illustration.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/education/", "name": "Education" } ] }, "title": "Stop Kvetching About Your Kid’s School", "excerpt": "<p>The hallmark of a Jew should be expressing hakarat hatov on a regular basis, and if we fail to do this for the teachers who work so hard to educate our children, we undermine one of the basic purposes of a Jewish education. </p>\n", "uri": "/religion/education/stop-kvetching-kids-school/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_225,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422016/Jewishaction/school-apple-on-desk/school-apple-on-desk.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_476,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422016/Jewishaction/school-apple-on-desk/school-apple-on-desk.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422016/Jewishaction/school-apple-on-desk/school-apple-on-desk.jpg?_i=AA 800w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422016/Jewishaction/school-apple-on-desk/school-apple-on-desk.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/food/recipes/", "name": "Recipes" } ] }, "title": "Kosher Cuisine with a Millennial Twist", "excerpt": "<p>In her new cookbook, Millennial Kosher (ArtScroll), Chanie Apfelbaum embodies her passion for new food for a new generation, featuring traditional Jewish dishes reinvented for the modern palate. 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Volume # 1

Fall 2018(5779)

In this issue
The Forgotten Jewish Community of Ecuador
Jewish World

The Forgotten Jewish Community of Ecuador

Jewish Action spoke with Rabbi Nir Koren, rabbi of the main Jewish community in Ecuador, and Rabbi Shoshan Ghoori, OU director of international relations, Latin America, to find out why a little-known Jewish community is experiencing a religious renaissance.

A Portrait of The Rav
The Rav

A Portrait of The Rav

His Torah and teaching are being learned mainly without exposure to the force of his personality, which itself left such an indelible impression; without his sense of humor; without the intensity of his passion. Of course, we learned from the Rav’s Torah, but being exposed to his own persona was a limud in itself.

On Mothers
Inspiration

On Mothers

[My mother] taught me that there is a flavor, a warmth, to mitzvot. I learned from her the most important thing in life—to feel the presence of the Almighty and the gentle pressure of His hand resting upon my frail shoulders.

Loving the Convert
Jewish Living

Loving the Convert

We must raise our sensitivity in reaching out to the converts in our midst with compassion and love and making them feel completely accepted.

Remembering Sarah Taub
People

Remembering Sarah Taub

She took her baby home with one question for God. “You gave me this child; what is my mission? Let me see the purpose while I’m alive.”

Stop Kvetching About Your Kid’s School
Education

Stop Kvetching About Your Kid’s School

The hallmark of a Jew should be expressing hakarat hatov on a regular basis, and if we fail to do this for the teachers who work so hard to educate our children, we undermine one of the basic purposes of a Jewish education.

Kosher Cuisine with a Millennial Twist
Recipes

Kosher Cuisine with a Millennial Twist

In her new cookbook, Millennial Kosher (ArtScroll), Chanie Apfelbaum embodies her passion for new food for a new generation, featuring traditional Jewish dishes reinvented for the modern palate. Influenced by international cultural cuisine, her cookbook incorporates bold flavors and spices, using fresh seasonal ingredients and fewer processed foods.

The Five Day War
Reviews

The Five Day War

While reading this suspenseful novel, one cannot help but wonder where Dr. Ganchrow begins and Rob Savarin ends.

The Gift of Stuttering 
Reviews

The Gift of Stuttering 

Moe’s courageous story and personal advice is a superb and inspiring guide not only for stutterers, but for anyone who faces a personal social challenge.

Airport Lights: Poems
Reviews

Airport Lights: Poems

I am deeply moved by what Rabbi Shulman has done through reflecting upon and writing poetry inspired by the teachings of Rav Kook, and I hope this work inspires others to do the same.

“Please Blow the Shofar Quietly”
Opinion

“Please Blow the Shofar Quietly”

Several members of his family were there when I got to his house. “Please blow the shofar quietly,” they cautioned me, as soon as I stepped in. “He hasn’t been very responsive in the last few days, and you mustn’t startle him.”