By Diana Brement, JewishSound Columnist “Just look on the cover,” was Rachel Almeleh’s response when I asked what her favorite recipe was in her just-published cookbook, “A Legacy of Sephardic, Mediterranean, and American Recipes.” There, a plate of lightly browned bourekas, plump with potatoes and two kinds of cheese, temptContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Columnist The evidence that our sleep time and quality is a significant factor in our health continues to mount. In May 2014, Israel: to Your Health reported that researchers at the Rambam Medical Campus in Haifa saw the mice in their study published in theContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent It’s happened to all of us. Whether we drank too much coffee before bedtime, ate too much rich or spicy food, exercised too close to lights out, or consumed too much alcohol, we toss and turn, and maybe fall asleep for a while beforeContinue Reading
By Julie Wiener, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — This week, 73 North American rabbis will be missing something when they go to Shabbat services: their hair. As part of a campaign that raised more than $570,000 for pediatric cancer research, approximately 60 male and female rabbis voluntarilyContinue Reading
