Ladino singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste and chef/teacher Susan Barocas have teamed up for a unique project designed to keep Sephardic traditions alive. “’Savor’ is a multisensory conversation between ...

Yiddish, which combined Hebrew with primarily Medieval German, was only spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. When they were busy “noshing” (eating) and “kvetching” (complaining). Sephardic Jews had a variety of ...

A spicy-sweet pumpkin dip celebrates the legacy of Libyan Jewish cooking and the diversity of Jewish foodways around the ...

Scholar and author Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer is a French-Spanish historian, educator and chef. She speaks throughout Europe and in North and South America and recently presented a lecture at the Jewish ...

When I met Alan 24 years ago, I told him that when my father takes him to his garden and shows him his plants and trees, Alan will know that he is “in.” A year later, Alan stood up and made a speech ...

It’s spring, and Passover begins at sundown on April 22. So it’s just in time that a new cookbook has landed from Micah Siva, the San Francisco-based Jewish chef behind the Nosh With Micah blog.

Tu Bishvat, the Jewish Holiday of Trees, begins on Sunday evening, Feb. 5. Also known as the New Year of Trees, Tu Bishvat is a time for tree planting and admiring nature, especially the beauty of ...

The strife in the Middle East and North Africa tends to overshadow the fact that in many places, and at many times, different groups and cultures of that region not only coexisted, but profited from ...