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Summer Quinoa Salad

Amy Spiro — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:33:00 +0000

Amy Spiro

Online Jewish Week Columnist

Try a colorful, simple grain salad at your next meal

Sometimes I pull together inspired dishes, where I plan out days in advance and visit multiple locations to get all the right ingredients. And other times, I rummage through the kitchen cupboards, fridge and freezer to find whatever ingredients I can for a quick meal. This is one of the latter times, but its no less delicious than if i'd planned it for days.

The Inevitable Call of Elul

Lisa Shimabukuro — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:48:36 +0000

Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik

Special To The Jewish Week

With your indulgence, I begin with an apology. I had fully intended to write an article last week, but the overlap of my return from Japan and the deadline for completing and submitting the article, superimposed onto epic jet lag, simply overwhelmed me. So to those of you who look for my articles and wondered why the article “teaser” appeared in the print edition but the article itself never made it online, I publicly and most sincerely do apologize.

An Oasis In JerusalemPhoto by Getty Images

Dani Shetrit — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:32:00 +0000

Steve Lipman

Staff Writers

On 62 acres in southwest Jerusalem, you can see sights that are rare in the rest of Israel. Near-extinct animals coming back to life. Penguins sauntering and oryxes roaming. Secular Jewish Israelis, haredi Israelis and Arabs peacefully coexisting.

Documenting An American Consumerism Run Amok

Dani Shetrit — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:47:00 +0000

Julie Wiener

Associate Editor

Lauren Greenfield’s “The Queen of Versailles” documents three years in the lives of the super-rich David and Jackie Siegel — a self-made tycoon and a former model three decades his junior — whose plans to build the largest home in America are thwarted by the real estate crash and financial crisis.

The Limits Of ‘Inclusion’

Dani Shetrit — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:32:00 +0000

Ted Merwin

Special To The Jewish Week

Twelve years ago, my wife and I moved from Manhattan to Harrisburg, Pa., and sought a Jewish community in tune with our liberal, Upper West Side Jewish ethos. We found ourselves living in what was, for a provincial state capital floating in a sea of Evangelical Christianity, a remarkably diverse Jewish neighborhood — our new friends included Reform Jewish lesbians, egalitarian Conservative Jews, non-egalitarian Conservative Jews and Orthodox Jews who eschewed American holidays (including Thanksgiving) as inimical to Jewish tradition.

Nectarine Streusel Tart

Amy Spiro — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:49:00 +0000

Amy Spiro

Online Jewish Week Columnist

Use summer fruit to make a tasty, impressive dessert

There's nothing I love more than a summer pie. Sweet, succulent fruit, encased in flaky pastry - it perfectly epitomizes the late summer months. But pie can be an arduous task, and on hot summer days do not let themselves to toiling in the kitchen.

So this version - with a little work, sure - has an easier tart crust, and a simple streusel topping - no need to roll out another top crust. I always use nectarines because I don't want the extra effort of peeling of the skin of peaches. You could also throw in some berries or other stone fruits like plums for some variety.

“Buddy, Can You Spare a Grand?” Why Fundraisers Get Nervous Asking for Money

Adam Dickter — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:09:00 +0000

Deborah Grayson Riegel

Jewish Week Online Columnist

My 11 year old son Jacob has no problem asking for me for money. Whether it’s for a new Star Wars Legos set that is priced above rubies or for a new video game so that he can learn to snowboard like Shaun White (in the warmth of our basement), he easily and eagerly asks for cash to meet his ever-changing wants and needs. No embarrassment, no hesitation.

Sailing To Gold

Dani Shetrit — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:04:00 +0000

Steve Lipman

Staff Writer

No Israeli returned home with a medal in this year’s Summer Olympics, which ended Sunday night in London, but Israel can bask in some reflected glory — reflected in the gold medal in sailing won by New Zealand’s Jo Aleh.

Aleh, 26, is the daughter of dual citizen Israelis-New Zealanders.

The only known Jewish member of New Zealand’s Olympic squad at the London Olympics, Aleh, right, teamed with Olivia Powrie to win the 470 regatta competition, four years after she finished in seventh place at the Beijing Games.

Israeli Incubator Brings Arab’s Startup To NYC

Dani Shetrit — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:52:18 +0000

Helen Chernikoff

For an aspiring entrepreneur, gaining admission to DreamIt Ventures, an Israeli “startup accelerator” that provides seed funding, mentorship, work space and advice from accountants and lawyers in exchange for 9 percent of the startup’s common stock, is a big coup.

So when Nuseir Yassin, 20, a rising sophomore at Harvard who was born and raised in the Israeli village of Arraba, won a spot in DreamIt’s New York City summer program with a mix of Israeli and other fledgling companies, he couldn’t have been happier.

My Son, The Israeli Soldier

Dani Shetrit — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:50:54 +0000

Andrew Kane

Special To The Jewish Week

It began last February, when my wife, my daughter, and I went to Israel to visit my son, Max, who had been studying in a yeshiva in Jerusalem for his gap year between high school and college. It was a long-anticipated trip, for which we had planned a fun-filled week. What we hadn’t planned was the sea change in our lives that was about to ensue.