More than three thousand people gathered in three locations around San Diego County Thursday night to make Challah bread, a tradition of the Jewish observation of Shabbat, as part of a worldwide ...

JACKSON, MI -- Most Friday afternoons will find Larry Halman in his Jackson kitchen, baking three loaves of challah – a rich egg dough braided bread. The two larger loaves will be served that evening ...

Jachnun is a show of human ingenuity — simple ingredients turned into a delicacy that can be served hot on Shabbat, given the limitations of poverty and Jewish religious law. It’s also an immigrant ...

Observant Jews this week face the holiday version of mission impossible: prepare a Passover Seder for Saturday night--the work equivalent of a Thanksgiving dinner--without being able to cook for 24 ...

Dipping freshly baked challah in honey is a tradition observed during the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This act combines the Shabbat bread with hopes for a sweet New Year. The custom ...

Several thousand people will braid Challah bread in five locations around San Diego County on Thursday as part of an international movement to celebrate a traditional Jewish day of rest. The event, ...

There’s something about breaking bread that brings communities together. In Orange County, during the month of Ramadan, there have been several interfaith iftars, or fast-breaking dinners, where local ...

I logged on to Twitter Friday morning and searched “Tribeca Whole Foods” as a kind of Shabbat-host reconnaissance mission. The results looked like a compilation of Depression-era newsreels and ...

On September 23 the Contemporary Jewish Museum will launch "Shabbat at the Jewseum," a new quarterly program that lets attendees immerse themselves in Jewish ideas of rest and rejuvenation while ...