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    Items with the tag:

    shavuot

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    Excerpt — Arthurs: Home of the Nosh: A Big Per­son­al­i­ty Cook­book of Deli­cious Jew­ish Favorites 

    Rae­gan Steinberg, Alexan­der Cohen
    May 5, 2025
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    Excerpt: The Euca­lyp­tus Cookbook

    Moshe Bas­son
    June 10, 2024
    Essay

    Women’s Friend­ship: From Ruth and Nao­mi to Hen­ri­et­ta Szold

    Francine Klags­brun
    June 3, 2024
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    Visu­al Arts
    Omer Cal­en­dar of Bib­li­cal Women
    Jill Ham­mer
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    Excerpt: Mind Over Batter

    Jack Haz­an
    May 23, 2023
    Essay

    The Rel­e­vance of Ruth to Shavuot

    Ilana Pardes
    May 19, 2023
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    Excerpt: Eitan Eats the World

    Eitan Bernath
    May 30, 2022
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    Chil­dren’s
    Mr. Mintz’s Blintzes
    Leslie Kimmelman, Esther Hernando (Illustrator)
    Excerpt

    Excerpt: Chas­ing Smoke

    Sar­it Pack­er & Ita­mar Srulovich
    May 10, 2021
    Essay

    Won­der and Mar­vel: Women and the Art of Shavuot

    Emi­ly Schneider
    May 27, 2020
    Essay

    Ten Com­mand­ments of Spe­cial Needs Parenting

    Fol­low­ing her posts on rec­og­niz­ing the sen­so­ry over­load of cel­e­brat­ing Purim and set­ting a place for spe­cial needs at the seder table, this week Liane…
    Liane Kupfer­berg Carter
    June 9, 2016
    Essay

    Deli­cious Dairy Dish­es for Shavuot

    Post­ed by Sophie SiegelShavuot is a cel­e­bra­tion of when the Jew­ish peo­ple received the Torah on Mount Sinai. In the Jew­ish tra­di­tion, Shavuot is cel­e­brat­ed by…
    Sophie Siegel
    June 8, 2016
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    Shavuot Link Round-Up

    Dear Read­ers-Hap­py Shavuot from the Jew­ish Book Council!Shavuot cov­er­age and FAQs from TabletWhat Shavuot Teach­es Us About Women on…
    JBC Staff
    May 18, 2010
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    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter Into series? Into JPS series? If so, you have much to look for­ward to in 2009! Three-yes THREE – new books are sched­uled for…
    JBC Staff
    December 18, 2008

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