They only arrived in Israel a few months ago (remember that Bulletin from the summer?) and today they lit their first Hanukkah candle as Israelis.
There are 450 people at the Beit Alpha Absorption Center in the Gilboa region, among them nearly 100 who are spending their very first Hanukkah in Israel. Our friend and head of the Gilboa municipality, Oved Nur, is pictured lighting candles with some of the kids.
When you think about light, blessings, making the world a better place, and what our support for people in need looks like, remember this picture.
It is but one example of a community with which we are connected.
Thank you to the nearly 50 families and members who have already sent in their support for the annual campaign. You are setting an example and our community is fortunate to count you as members. Chag sameach.
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2.Hanukkah - It's Everywhere |
What about you? Please send me some pics. Candles, latkes, sufganiyot - who knows, maybe yours will be in next week’s Bulletin. I cant remember the last time I played dreidel, but I enjoyed Carol Ungar's article - "The Miracle of the Dreidel" in Tablet. It's a reflection on treasured childhood memories with her WWII-era parents.
"On this night my quiet and unassuming father was king. Curling his agile jeweler’s fingers round the dreidel’s skinny stem, he transformed the stubby top into a glorious cloud of color that pirouetted around our table. It was a breathtaking sight and not one I could ever replicate. When my turn came, the top stumbled then fell ingloriously like a drunk on New Year’s Eve—but that didn’t matter. Dreidel is a game of chance. Skill doesn’t count at all. What really mattered was the togetherness. We did spend time together on other nights, but never like this."
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"The text of the Massachusetts bill is broader than some of the bills passed in other states: It mandates only the teaching of 'genocide,' which it defines as a series of specific acts 'committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group,' and never mentions the Holocaust directly. As such, its passage is also being celebrated by a coalition of more than 60 groups, many of them non-Jewish, including the Armenian National Committee."
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4.You Life Has Made You Beautiful. Your Suffering Has Made You Fine. |
"He found mentorship and a father figure in his teen years in a family friend, Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist of Jewish descent who had heralded an earlier revolution in the American musical, leading its transition in the 1920s from lighthearted reviews to novelistic treatments of major issues. Hammerstein plotted out a four-step training for Sondheim while he was still in high school: Adapt a good play into a musical, adapt a flawed play into a musical, adapt a musical from another literary form, write your own musical." The rest is Broadway history - just like that super line that is the headline.
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Cake-designer-to-the-stars Sylvia Weinstock has died at 91. " Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Oprah. Martha Stewart. Mariah Carey. All were clients of Sylvia Weinstock, a Jewish cake designer who rose from humble Brooklyn roots, started a luxury cake-baking business at age 50 and became known across the globe as the 'Queen of Cakes'.”
What’s the biggest change you’ve seen in the cake business?
"We have a lot of imitators who think they are pastry chefs, but aren’t. They don’t have the skill or use the same high-end ingredients. Most use fondant. I hate fondant. It’s cheap and easy. We only use butter cream. They don’t know about the different qualities of butter or cream or eggs, or that everything matters when baking in portions. You need to know about the material you’re working with besides being creative and making it beautiful."
In the video below, Weinstock shares a lesson in how to make a cake flower.
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These Moment Magazine recommendations from 2021 releases are (for me) on the heavy side, but who am I to judge when only two weeks ago I recommended a title like People Love Dead Jews? In "Books to Give - and Read" you will find commentary, history, fantasy and even a Yiddish translation - in short, something for everyone.
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7.Light the 5th Candle (6th, 7th & 8th Too) |
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8.Deliver a Christmas Dinner With Us |
I sent this to you earlier this week, but here it is again as I ask you to JOIN ME. Instead of hosting the dinner, we will deliver the meals to individual homes this year.
Ellen already has my name on the list for Christmas morning,10:00 AM, at the Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. I’m confident we will have a super showing from our community as we deliver 300 meals to individuals who might not otherwise celebrate the holiday with a warm, homemade dinner. Call Ellen Hull at (508) 993-5742 or email tucker1300@gmail.com to sign up. See you on the 25th.
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COOKING WITH THE CHEFS SERIES 2022
Wednesday, February 16
Paula Shoyer - The Kosher Baker
"How to Eat So You Always Have Room for Dessert" – Dry Rub Salmon, Mango Coleslaw, and Signature Babka
Wednesday, February 23
Idan Chabasov - The Challah Prince
Three different delicious types of bread from one batch of dough - it's almost like having the chance for three wishes from a genie in a bottle!
Wednesday, March 2
Dini Klein - Prep & Rally
Red Lentil, Squash, and Tomato Soup with Rosemary and Lemon
Sesame Noodles with Chicken and Veggies all in one pan - alternative with grilled tofu for vegetarians
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Shabbat shalom,
Amir
The Bulletin is a weekly email from Amir Cohen, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Bedford. I welcome your feedback at amir@jewishnewbedford.org.
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