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Say Cheese for Shavuot

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Rivka Tal, Jewish Exponent Feature

A TASTE OF ISRAEL Going out to eat for me and my family used to mean one thing: a meat meal. We would treat ourselves to steak or shishlik or schawarma or other popular meaty delights. That is, however, until we discovered Jerusalem's Pizza'leh Rest -- our local dairy bistro. We can't get enough of their food. Chef Itzik Chen...

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First Fruits: Savoring Shavuot's Symbolic Foods

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Linda Morel, Jewish Exponent Feature

WHAT'S COOKING? "I remember when the only produce available all winter were onions, potatoes, and cabbage," my grandmother once said. "We couldn't wait until summer when lettuce and tomatoes showed up." She was not talking about the Old Country but upstate New York, where she lived until 1974. Unwittingly she was a locavore, someone who consumed locally grown food, instead...

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Bluish Blast of Fruit Firms Up for Season

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Eileen Goltz, Jewish Exponent Feature

SLICE OF LIFE There's only one bad thing that can be said about blueberries -- they can be messy if you squish one, and their stain is almost impossible to get out. Other than that, they're really a wonderful fruit. A blueberry is a super food, one that is full of cancer-fighting antioxidants, Vitamin C, fiber and potassium. This may...

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Bonfires of Lag B'Omer

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Rivka Tal

Lag B'Omer, falling this year on May 10, is a day of pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel's Galilee town of Meiron. This 33rd day of the Omer count is his yahrzeit, the day of his death. An estimated 300,000 Jews visit Meiron during this 24-hour period -- praying, dancing, and celebrating his wonderful spiritual...

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Salads Count for the Holiday

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Eileen Goltz, Jewish Exponent Feature

The 50 days between Pesach and Shavuot are called the "Counting of the Omer." Thirty-three days into the counting of the Omer, Jews celebrate a minor holiday called Lag B'Omer. (The word "Lag" means 33 because it is composed of the letters lamud and gimmel , corresponding to the numerical values of "30" and "3.") These first 33 days are...