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I went to a local Renaissance festival and wore this very traditional Jewish style outfit. The veil was hand sewn and painted! It was worn by Jewish women during the high Middle Ages.

Even now , it resonated through the times. I felt connected to part of my past I am rediscovering.

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Aromatic flavors of rose and orange blossom are still strong reminders of my childhood. I didn’t eat like the “other kids” on the block. I grew up with exotic Sephardic dishes of fasulye (Turkish green beans) and fideo (a Sephardic pasta dish). I was introduced to smoked fish before I could walk and learned to roll grape leaves as soon as I could sit up. Perfumed sweets from the Mediterranean bakery down the street were normal dessert fare in our home, and we liked it that way.

I will never forget my first bite of rose water cookies, and ever since I have been hooked on the unique flavor. Ever since those cookies of my childhood, I always make sure to have a bottle of rose water and orange blossom water in the fridge for adding to special dishes when I can. Or, in this case, for sangria.

Notes:

A little bit of rosewater and/or orange blossom truly goes a long way, so don’t add too much! But it does add a lovely, subtle note that makes those glasses go down easy.

You can really use any fruit you like for sangria, depending on your tastes, what’s in season, or what happens to be in the freezer. Whatever fruit you choose, cheers to summer with a glass of floral sangria.

Store the remaining simple syrup in a jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

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Shabbat Shalom <3

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being a jewish atheist is like no i don’t believe in G-d but also i love the concept that we call G-d to the very core of my being. that concept is what has kept our culture alive and united us as one people through thousands of years of exile. in a very real sense G-d is why we came to be and why we still exist today. so the fact that i don’t believe in G-d frankly feels irrelevant. i believe in our belief in G-d.

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Crack open a pomegranate and you’re peering into a tiny galaxy of mitzvot.

In Jewish tradition, its many seeds symbolize abundant good deeds; a beloved saying claims there are 613, echoing the 613 commandments, so on Rosh Hashanah people eat it and pray, “May our merits be as many as its seeds,” with some families even counting for fun (the real number varies).

In Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah), those countless seeds hint at scattered divine sparks waiting to be uplifted through each mitzvah, while the fruit’s little crown gestures to the Divine Crown and the sanctity we bring into everyday life.

That’s why pomegranates decorate holiness: woven onto the High Priest’s robe, carved on the Temple’s pillars, and topping Torah scrolls. Each seed a reminder that holiness multiplies through many small acts.

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Detroit Michigan area synagogue rising from the earth

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Yeah, sex is cool, but has your Rabbi ever told you that you made a really good point he hadn't thought of before

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all of this may not work for everyone, or be accessible for everyone, and it’s okay to prioritize what you can do and what does help and support your wellbeing. whatever that is, if it gives you safety, joy, comfort, or even just brief relief, it’s important.

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i love it when people say "those european white jews changed their names to sound more indigenous when they moved to israel 🤬🤬🤬"

like babe those are hebrew names. i'm glad we agree that hebrew, the language of the jewish people, is the indigenous to the levant.

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Hey if you are Jewish and you are reading this, I hope something good happens to you soon. Like some pleasant surprise or good news or unexpected luck.

And I hope you will have a beautiful experience this week, like a nice moment with a friend or a gorgeous sunset or some random kindness that happens to you.

I hope you will find some moments of peace and joy and contentment.

I love you. <3

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Shabbat Shalom!! Sending love and blessings your way. May this Shabbat be exactly what you need.

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As a Jew and even more specifically as a Jewish woman: Tim Burton might call his story the Corpse Bride, but it is not.

He stole and ripped off from our folklore to make that thing and let me tell that is not Corpse Bride. She might be a corpse and she might be a bride, but she is not a Corpse Bride.

That is our story, our history, our pain, our trauma, and our way of dealing with lack of dignity given to our daughters and sisters in death, about the rape they didn't survive, and about the horrific and lonely murder done to them.

It how we cope with the loss of our family, our loves, our friends, our community members, and how we envision them returning home to us.

It is not some generic story about a dead woman or funny mistakes or wacky songs or worms in ears.

It is about tragedy. It about permanent loss. It is about the desperate hope to have your child's bones be returned. It is a warning for brides and it is reminder for brides of the strength inside of them.

It is a story that is found in every Jewish Diaspora community no matter the setting because it happened to every Jewish community in Diaspora.

Our daughters were taken before they could be married and as they were adorned in their bridal wear. And then they were raped, murdered, and left to rot in some unknown place. Never to be found. For not even in death could they return home.

So we made a story about our daughters coming home so that their bones could rest with family and community.

This is a Jewish story.

So this "corpse bride" from Tim Burton is no Corpse Bride. She is mockery of our pain and trauma. It is spits on our Corpse Brides.

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Persian Jewish Silk Rug, circa 1880s.

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How are we only 5 weeks away from Rosh Hashanah?????

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A Sephardic Torah manuscript with golden Stars of David, Soria/Tudela 1300–1312. ✡

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Hébreu 21, fol. 98v, Soria/Tudela 1300–1312.

From: Clockwise–Counterclockwise: Calligraphic Frames in Sephardic Hebrew Bibles and Their Roots in Mediterranean Culture by Dalia-Ruth Halperin. x

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Make It Through The Year (2024)

Finally (lino) printed this year's batch of non-festive winter cards. Lyric from Exegetic Chains by The Mountain Goats, which itself references the song This Year.

Hand carved and lino printed using Caligo safe wash ink in a blend of Rubine Red, Prussian Blue, and Phthalo Green, on heavy cartridge paper, approx. A5 size

a fun picture of today's production line below the cut:

Printed about 50 of these today, but it took me a while to get the pressure right, so a good chunk of them are very minor misprints. Gonna see how many I need to send out to people, and then I may also sell a batch - if anyone would like to buy one, watch this space