Shana Tova
Praying for a year filled with blessings and good things for us all. Wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and sweet new year! #shanatova Ksiva vchasima tova – shana tova umetuka
Chocolate & Peanut Butter Hamantaschen
Make this hamantaschen recipe with your kids. It’s that fun and easy. Chocolate and peanut butter is a classic combination that is perfect for hamantaschen. Click here for the complete recipe and video! Click here for more great recipe’s by Jamie Geller!
Tu Beshvat
Source: Dry Bones
Meet David “Dugo” Leitner
Every year on January 18th, Holocaust survivor David “Dugo” Leitner invites everyone to eat falafel with him and hold up a sign that says “Am Yisrael Chai.” Why does he do this? It’s his private revenge. Born in Nyieregyhaza, Hungary in 1930, Dugo was just 14 when the Nazis invaded […]
Unique Menorah
“My father was a Holocaust survivor. He was the only one of his family to survive. Growing up, for as long as I can remember, he told me about the Menorah his family had before the war. It was silver, with palm trees and lions. He lost that Menorah of […]
First Chanukah
Wow. Last week, on his 100th Birthday, this modern day hero – Yeffim Isakovich, who bravely fought the Nazis, lit the menorah for the very first time #MazalTov! Source: Jewish Community of Rostov
Day 4
Perfect Shot: Kennedy Space Center, Falcon 9 space X launch right up the middle of this menorah ???? #OneYearAgoToday Source: Captured by Chavi — in Cape Canaveral, Florida
Sand Castle Menorah
Happy Chanukah from the Sunshine state Source: Joseph Waks
In-Flight Menorah
What happens when you have an overnight flight to Israel during Chanukah? Easy, this NYC > TLV EL AL plane allowed a passenger to use electric candles as a makeshift menorah (no fire onboard). As soon as it turned dark outside, the candles came out and the singing began. The […]
WWII Menorah
Chanukah is a time of triumph of good over evil. What better time to light with my grandfather’s Menorah made of bullets that was presented to him by his unit during WW2 while he was posted in the Middle East fighting the evil nazis. It is a privilege to be […]
Chanukah 1931
Chanukah 1931 “It was on a Friday afternoon right before Shabbat that this photo was taken. My grandmother realized that this was a historic photo, and she wrote on the back of the photo that ‘their flag wishes to see the death of Judah, but Judah will always survive, and […]
Chanukah at the Empire State Building
Happy 1st Night of Chanukah from NYC’s Empire State Building: “Lighting up the sky as NYC’s largest Menorah, with blue & white lights topped by a flickering candle in the mast in honor of #Chanukah! ???? Photo: @captiv_8” Source: Empire State Building
Happy!
The point is that we all spell ‘Happy’ the same way
Happy Chanukah from Brooklyn
“Happy #Hanukkah from the New York Transit Museum! In this clever holiday card, created by local Brooklynite Cheryl Berkowitz, the heart of Downtown Brooklyn is transformed into the menorah.” ???? Chanukah begins tomorrow December 22nd at sundown. Source: Ny Transit Museum — at Brooklyn, New York
Meet Babushka.
“My origins are a mystery,” she begins, “though I know I’ve always held an important role.” Meet Babushka. “Why do they call me Babushka? It isn’t because of my age. They say there was someone special who saved my life.” “My earliest memory is from 1943. The world was full […]
Pizza Hut.
When Pizza Hut in Israel has an actual… Hut! #sukkot ???????? #OnlyInIsrael #OnlyOnSukkot Source: @elitoursisrael
What Holiday Is It?
So you aren’t coming to work because you need to hold a lemon and palm and live in a hut? Yes, see you Wednesday Carol. #sukkot
Sukkoth
“It’s a myrtle branch, a willow branch, a palm branch, and an etrog. They symbolize the four different types of Jews.” “Can you hold them apart so I can see them better?” “They’re supposed to stay together.” Source: Humans of New York
Who Knew!
????✈️???????? Who Knew! #Israel’s airspace is closed for Yom Kippur ???? #YomKippur begins Tuesday, October 8th at Sundown Source: StandWithUs
Queen of Kosher
‘My 96 year old mother-in-law making her lokshen recipe for Passover, wearing her Queen of Kosher apron. Her name is Joyce Wagner and she has written a book about her experience in Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen: “A Promise Kept To Bear Witness”.’ Source: Jennifer Wagner
The Blue Sweater.
”This elegant lady of 95 walked in to the seder tonight in a beautiful rich blue sweater. When I commented on how lovely it was, she was quick to tell me its story. Helena survived three concentration camps and when the last one was liberated she was flown by the […]
Birchat Cohanim
What a View! Birchat Kohanim, the Priestly blessings at the Western Wall. Happy #Passover ✡️ חג פסח שמח
Happy Passover from the old city walls of Jerusalem
✡️ Happy #Passover from the old city walls of Jerusalem