Seeing Through Wine-Colored Lenses – Shlach (Numbers 13-15) In Israel, we are ahead of the Diaspora and are reading the story of Moses sending the spies into the Land. Here’s a deeper understanding of the episode from my Rabbi and Read more
Back in November of 2013, after picking our own olives in Yanvne’el, we took them to the Olive Press at Kibbutz Degania Aleph which is a short 15 minute drive from our home in Yavne’el. During harvest season they keep Read more
This morning we got out of bed and hit the ground running. The post office was picking up our weekly Galilee Green Olive Oil orders and we still hadn’t finished packing them up the night before. By the time we Read more
When you are keeping a kosher kitchen, certain classic recipes present a challenge because we don’t mix dairy and meat ingredients together. French onion soup is usually made with a beef broth, and topped up with lots of gooey mozzarella Read more
In Israel this past weekend we celebrated Shabbat followed by the Festival of Shavuot. Since Passover, we counted 49 days, and on the 50th day (Saturday night and Sunday) we mark the day that the Nation of Israel stood at Read more
While visiting my daughter and her family in Detroit I was treated to some wonderful meals and I brought home to Israel some of her great recipes. One of her favorite side-dishes to be served with a main course is Read more
While storms and flooding devastated homes and took lives throughout the US midwest this past week, fires raged all across Israel. The morning after one of the most devastating blazes (which authorities now are suspecting arson) in the center of Read more
One of my daughters recently shared this great idea for using up Shabbat leftovers. The original recipe came from popular chef Danielle Renov, also of Jerusalem. BTW Danielle is also a big fan of Galilee Green Olive Oil! You can Read more
Jerusalem is a fully modern city complete with skyscrapers, light-rail transit, modern expressways and more. However developing the city over the last seventy years has been a challenge. Very often earth moving equipment uncovers older layers of the 3000 year Read more
We had dinner at a friend’s house the other night. She made a delicious homemade grilled salmon accompanied by white rice made in the microwave from a prepackaged bag. That was a bit of a disappointment. It tasted like, well, Read more