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Essay My Grandmother, Bertie Grad Schwartz Roger Horowitz is the author of Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food. Following up Elissa Altman’s writing about Treyf last week, Roger is… Roger Horowitz September 26, 2016
Essay Memoir and Kindness Earlier this week, Elissa Altman shared how her memoir Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw found a receptive audience in coastal Maine. Elissa is guest… Elissa Altman September 21, 2016
Essay Treyf Comes to Maine Elissa Altman’s second memoir, Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw, comes out this week. To celebrate her new book’s release, Elissa is guest blogging for the… Elissa Altman September 19, 2016
Essay Bringing a Taste of the Old World(s) to Sunny California Together with Liz Alpern, Jeffrey Yoskowitz is both co-founder of The Gefilteria and co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods. With the… Jeffrey Yoskowitz September 15, 2016
Essay Encounters with Rabbi Zalman: Rituals for People Healers Earlier this week, Alexander Weinstein shared how the cosmic humor of his science fiction stories was discovered by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. With the release… Alexander Weinstein September 14, 2016
Essay Blueberry Pierogi in Warsaw Together with Jeffrey Yoskowitz, Liz Alpern is both co-founder of The Gefilteria and co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods. With the… Liz Alpern September 12, 2016
