Tag: holidays

Buttery hamantaschen cookies for Purim

It isn't often you can bite into a cookie with a load of ancient history behind it. Call them Hamentaschen or Oznei Haman, or Haman's Ears but make sure to bake up a batch of these buttery, traditional Purim cookies.

Live in Sustainable Booths for the Jewish Holiday of Sukkoth

Jews in Israel will live for a week in a sukkah, starting next week. It's a time to...

Older than Stonehenge, mystifying moon god stones uncovered in Israel

The crescent moon is a symbol of Islam. Muslim, Jewish and Christian holidays revolve around cycles of the moon. So...

Teaching Tu B’Shevat in classrooms without borders

For many years Hebrew schools in North America barely related to the Jewish holiday of Tu B'shevat, New Year...

Happy New Year Trees, and spiritual reasons for Tu B’Shevat Customs

Tonight marks the end of the Jewish holiday Tu B'Shevat. The Jewish New Year of the trees. Here is...

Spring Festival is in Egyptian Air Marked by Petrified, Stinky, Toxic Fish

Sporadic street violence, economic distress and political polarization were mostly put on ice this past Sunday as Egyptians of...

Stupid Cupid Learns Valentine’s Day Middle East Style

The bard believed that a “rose by any other name would smell as sweet," but labeling mid-February fun as...

Tu B’Shvat is Jewish New Year For The Trees

The Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shvat, a day especially loved by children, is a special eco-day in Israel. Celebrate...

First Solar Succah Goes Up In Kfar Saba, Israel

  "We're one of the most environmentally friendly cities in Israel," says Kfar Saba mayor Yehuda Ben Hamo. In Israel, each...

Bananas to Cure Our Minds and Bodies?

With the Muslim holy period of Ramadan now here and the Jewish fast day of Tisha b'Av (Ninth of...

Easy Trifle Recipe for Shavuot

Enjoy a delicious dairy dessert on Shavuot (but don't count the calories). Shavuot, the Jewish festival that celebrates receiving the...

Holiday on Samui’s Rocky Shores at Baan Hin Sai

Think Wem Wenders meets Knots Landing at this natural cliff top resort on Koh Samui, Thailand.  As I get older...