Outside Israel, Chanukah usually means one fried food: potato latkes. When we moved to Israel, we discovered that here the star of the season is the sufganiyah, a soft, jelly-filled donut dusted with powdered sugar. These are the Hanukkah donuts every Israeli waits for all year. From the first weeks Read more
How to make your own homemade Potato Latkes! When the Maccabee’s successfully defeated the Syrian-Greek enemy, they found only one sealed flask of pure extra virgin olive oil in the Temple in order to light the Temple Menorah. There was only enough oil to last one night, but the Read more
The Festival of Chanukah falls in the Hebrew month of Kislev. Shorter days and longer nights symbolize spiritual darkness and it’s our job to bring spiritual light back into the world during this season. Two thousand two hundred years ago the Syrian Greeks controlled the Land of Israel and feared Read more
It was Matityahu (Mattathias) from the Hasmonaean priestly family who initiated (more…)
Jews must abandon their Jewish identity to become Swedes The holidays are over but we want to focus your attention on an event that caused a minor storm during Chanukah, but was probably glossed over by most people because we were all so busy preparing and celebrating. Deputy-Speaker of the Read more