“You’re so lucky -- you live in Paris!” I hear that a lot from people. I guess they’re assuming life here is a nonstop parade of chic Parisians and exquisite chocolates. It’s as if I said to folks ...

Jeffrey Nathan, executive chef of the kosher restaurant Abigael’s on Broadway and host of the public television show “New Jewish Cuisine,” never much liked traditional hamantaschen — the triangular, ...

The best thing about a Jewish leap year is having two months of Adar. While many eagerly await the fourteenth day of the second Adar to celebrate the holiday of Purim, I count down until the ...

Prune Filling Hamantaschen cookies pictured on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Hamantaschen associated with the Jewish holiday of Purim. The name refers to Haman, the villain in the Purim story. Photo by ...

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