Issue

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It fills your tummy, nourishes your soul and brings you back for more. When the weather turns cold, there’s nothing more comforting than a steamy bowl of hot homemade soup. Soup warms you up on a cold winter day, spreading the feeling of contentment and satisfaction. Soups are extremely versatile, letting you [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/food/recipes/super-soups/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_193,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679404150/Jewishaction/super-soups/super-soups.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_410,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679404150/Jewishaction/super-soups/super-soups.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679404150/Jewishaction/super-soups/super-soups.jpg?_i=AA 752w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679404150/Jewishaction/super-soups/super-soups.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/shabbat-holidays/chanukah/", "name": "Chanukah" } ] }, "title": "The “Hole” Truth About Sufganiyot", "excerpt": "<p>There is an Israeli folk tale about how the sufganiya, the ubiquitous Chanukah doughnut, got its name.</p>\n", "uri": "/religion/shabbat-holidays/chanukah/the-hole-truth-about-sufganiyot/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_123,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1702048822/Jewishaction/AdobeStock_329370989/AdobeStock_329370989.jpeg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_421,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1702048822/Jewishaction/AdobeStock_329370989/AdobeStock_329370989.jpeg?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_316,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1702048822/Jewishaction/AdobeStock_329370989/AdobeStock_329370989.jpeg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_632,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1702048822/Jewishaction/AdobeStock_329370989/AdobeStock_329370989.jpeg?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_843,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1702048822/Jewishaction/AdobeStock_329370989/AdobeStock_329370989.jpeg?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2560,h_1053,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1702048822/Jewishaction/AdobeStock_329370989/AdobeStock_329370989.jpeg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/jewish-law/", "name": "Jewish Law" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/shabbat-holidays/purim/", "name": "Purim" } ] }, "title": "What’s the Truth About . . . Reading the Megillah on Purim Morning?", "excerpt": "<p>Misconception: Of the two Megillah readings on Purim, the one at night is the more important one. Therefore, one should be careful to attend the nighttime reading even if he or she will thereby miss the morning reading. Fact: Halachically, the morning reading is more important than the night reading. Background: The Shulchan Aruch (OC [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/religion/jewish-law/whats-the-truth-about-reading-the-megillah-on-purim-morning/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_239,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412634/Jewishaction/megillah/megillah.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412634/Jewishaction/megillah/megillah.jpg?_i=AA 350w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679412634/Jewishaction/megillah/megillah.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/inside-the-ou/new-books-from-ou-press/", "name": "New Books from OU Press" } ] }, "title": "Prayers for the Welfare of the State and for the Welfare of the State of Israel", "excerpt": "<p>This slim volume packs a major spiritual punch. Rabbi Avraham Steinberg, renowned scholar, noted author, expert in Jewish medical halachah and general editor </p>\n", "uri": "/inside-the-ou/new-books-from-ou-press/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state-and-for-the-welfare-of-the-state-of-israel/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_204,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679421758/Jewishaction/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state1/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state1.jpg?_i=AA 204w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_930,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679421758/Jewishaction/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state1/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state1.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679421758/Jewishaction/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state1/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state1.jpg?_i=AA 960w", "sizes": "(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679421758/Jewishaction/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state1/prayers-for-the-welfare-of-the-state1.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/food/kashrut/", "name": "Kashrut" } ] }, "title": "Cut Fruit at the Office", "excerpt": "<p>Q: Often at business functions, I can only partake of the fruits and vegetables since the rest of the food is not kosher. Most of the time, the fruit is already cut. In such a scenario, is it permitted to eat the cut fruit?</p>\n", "uri": "/food/kashrut/cut-fruit-at-the-office/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_235,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411789/Jewishaction/fruit/fruit.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411789/Jewishaction/fruit/fruit.jpg?_i=AA 406w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411789/Jewishaction/fruit/fruit.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/books/reviews/", "name": "Reviews" } ] }, "title": "Briefcases and Baby Bottles: The Working Mother’s Guide to Nurturing a Jewish Home", "excerpt": "<p>The Jewish world has an uneasy relationship with the working mother. On the one hand, we understand that she is an economic necessity,</p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews/briefcases-and-baby-bottles/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_198,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422792/Jewishaction/Briefcases-and-Baby-Bottles/Briefcases-and-Baby-Bottles.jpg?_i=AA 198w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422792/Jewishaction/Briefcases-and-Baby-Bottles/Briefcases-and-Baby-Bottles.jpg?_i=AA 440w", "sizes": "(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422792/Jewishaction/Briefcases-and-Baby-Bottles/Briefcases-and-Baby-Bottles.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/family/", "name": "Family" } ] }, "title": "Striking a Balance: Work & Family", "excerpt": "<p>Overwhelmed. Exhausted. Stressed. Somewhat surprisingly, few of the women we interviewed for our cover story on balancing career and family used the words above</p>\n", "uri": "/family/striking-a-balance-work-family/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_280,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414093/Jewishaction/coverstory1/coverstory1.jpg?_i=AA 280w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414093/Jewishaction/coverstory1/coverstory1.jpg?_i=AA 621w", "sizes": "(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679414093/Jewishaction/coverstory1/coverstory1.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/jewish-thought/", "name": "Jewish Thought" } ] }, "title": "The Cremation Challenge", "excerpt": "<p>Everyone I knew growing up fasted on Yom Kippur and had a Pesach Seder. While not everyone kept kosher or celebrated Shabbat, there were certain customs and lifecycle events that were virtually universal. </p>\n", "uri": "/religion/jewish-thought/the-cremation-challenge/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_154,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422786/Jewishaction/cremation1/cremation1.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422786/Jewishaction/cremation1/cremation1.jpg?_i=AA 626w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679422786/Jewishaction/cremation1/cremation1.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" } ] }, "title": "Fighting for Sandy: A Woman’s Struggle to Give Her Sister a Jewish Burial", "excerpt": "<p>On Shabbat Chanukah of 2006, my older sister Sandy passed away. Raised a secular Jew, she had arranged to have her body cremated and gave her friend Brian, a Buddhist, power of attorney. She wished to have her ashes and those of her daughter, my sweet niece Ola who had died in 2000 at the [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/religion/inspiration/fighting-for-sandy-a-womans-struggle-to-give-her-sister-a-jewish-burial/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_167,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679570608/Jewishaction/sandy/sandy.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_355,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679570608/Jewishaction/sandy/sandy.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_190,h_106,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679570608/Jewishaction/sandy/sandy.jpg?_i=AA 190w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679570608/Jewishaction/sandy/sandy.jpg?_i=AA 1621w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679570608/Jewishaction/sandy/sandy.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" } ] }, "title": "Torah Judaism Is Alive in Germany: Q & A With Rabbi Josh Spinner", "excerpt": "<p>Which country boasts some of the fastest-growing Jewish communities in the world, outside of Israel? Surprisingly, it’s Germany. Who would have predicted that some 120,000 Jews would settle in Germany, with more than 20,000 residing in its capital? Even more astounding, Torah Judaism is on the rise in Germany, with a thriving Orthodox community of [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/people/torah-judaism-is-alive-in-germany-q-a-with-rabbi-josh-spinner/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_237,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679555595/Jewishaction/spinner2/spinner2.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_503,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679555595/Jewishaction/spinner2/spinner2.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679555595/Jewishaction/spinner2/spinner2.jpg?_i=AA 691w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679555595/Jewishaction/spinner2/spinner2.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/family/parenting/", "name": "Parenting" } ] }, "title": "Tips for the Working Mom", "excerpt": "<p>Accept Your Decision to Work and Come to Terms with It. Don’t let other people’s remarks create unnecessary guilt</p>\n", "uri": "/family/parenting/tips-for-the-working-mom/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_276,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411787/Jewishaction/tips1/tips1.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411787/Jewishaction/tips1/tips1.jpg?_i=AA 430w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411787/Jewishaction/tips1/tips1.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" } ] }, "title": "Feeling is Believing: Shabbat Shines for Jewish Deafblind", "excerpt": "<p>With canes in their hands and anticipation on their faces, a number of men and women made their way to the Pearlstone Retreat Center’s main lobby. 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Winter 2012 (5773)

In this issue
Super Soups
Recipes

Super Soups

Soup, glorious soup! It fills your tummy, nourishes your soul and brings you back for more. When the weather turns cold, there’s nothing more comforting than a steamy bowl of hot homemade soup. Soup warms you up on a cold winter day, spreading the feeling of contentment and satisfaction. Soups are extremely versatile, letting you […]

What’s the Truth About  . . .  Reading the Megillah on Purim Morning?
Jewish Law

What’s the Truth About . . . Reading the Megillah on Purim Morning?

Misconception: Of the two Megillah readings on Purim, the one at night is the more important one. Therefore, one should be careful to attend the nighttime reading even if he or she will thereby miss the morning reading. Fact: Halachically, the morning reading is more important than the night reading. Background: The Shulchan Aruch (OC […]

Cut Fruit at the Office
Kashrut

Cut Fruit at the Office

Q: Often at business functions, I can only partake of the fruits and vegetables since the rest of the food is not kosher. Most of the time, the fruit is already cut. In such a scenario, is it permitted to eat the cut fruit?

Striking a Balance: Work & Family
Family

Striking a Balance: Work & Family

Overwhelmed. Exhausted. Stressed. Somewhat surprisingly, few of the women we interviewed for our cover story on balancing career and family used the words above

The Cremation Challenge
Jewish Thought

The Cremation Challenge

Everyone I knew growing up fasted on Yom Kippur and had a Pesach Seder. While not everyone kept kosher or celebrated Shabbat, there were certain customs and lifecycle events that were virtually universal.

Torah Judaism Is Alive in Germany: Q & A With Rabbi Josh Spinner
People

Torah Judaism Is Alive in Germany: Q & A With Rabbi Josh Spinner

Which country boasts some of the fastest-growing Jewish communities in the world, outside of Israel? Surprisingly, it’s Germany. Who would have predicted that some 120,000 Jews would settle in Germany, with more than 20,000 residing in its capital? Even more astounding, Torah Judaism is on the rise in Germany, with a thriving Orthodox community of […]

Feeling is Believing: Shabbat Shines for Jewish Deafblind
Inspiration

Feeling is Believing: Shabbat Shines for Jewish Deafblind

With canes in their hands and anticipation on their faces, a number of men and women made their way to the Pearlstone Retreat Center’s main lobby. They had traveled from around the country to the Maryland retreat to experience Shabbat with people just like themselves—Jews who could neither see the light of the Shabbat candles […]

The Taryag Companion
Reviews in Brief

The Taryag Companion

A rabbi’s contribution to the extensive minyan hamitzvot literature, books that count and explain the Torah’s 613 commandments, serves as a personality test.

Bringing up a Mensch: How to Raise Respectful Children
Parenting

Bringing up a Mensch: How to Raise Respectful Children

Last year, our eleven-year-old son joined the Boy Scouts. One Motzaei Shabbos, soon thereafter, he began, on his own, to set up for Havdalah. I truly appreciated this display of consideration, and I complimented him. He cheerfully replied, “A Scout helps other people at all times!” (The first Scout law.)

The Chavruta
Inspiration

The Chavruta

Ronald Reagan was president when we began. We continued through “Bush the First,” two Clinton terms, a double dose of “Bush the Second,”