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
We received an email the other day from Dr. Richard Bell in Birmingham, Alabama. He asked if he could use cream cheese in the artichoke – spinach dip that we posted last week. As I told Rich, my philosophy is Read more
It’s Nissan (beginning on April 6, 2019) , the Hebrew month of our redemption and therefore time to bless the blossoming fruit trees in Israel. Here I am in our garden in Yavne’el a few years ago making the traditional Read more
A study published in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care showed that a Mediterranean style diet rich in olive oil reduces the risk of type II diabetes by over 50 percent compared to a low fat diet. The study Read more
It is impossible to imagine what it must have been like for a young boy (see arrow) to grow up in the Warsaw ghetto, and see his father arrested and mother shot by Nazis. (more…)
When it’s cold in the winter I am usually in the mood for something warm and filling but not too heavy. Soup! Needless to say my fridge and pantry needed restocking immediately but I had to put together something to Read more
We visited the location of Old Kibbutz Gesher this week. The word “Gesher” means “Bridge.” When the Kibbutz was founded in 1939 at the strategic location of the Byzantine stone bridge crossing the Jordan River, the kibbutz members chose the Read more