With the holidays falling on the same day this year, I’m celebrating my Irish-Jewish heritage.

With each handcrafted pierogi, my grandma honors her husband's traditions while holding on to her strong Jewish identity. 

Without cholent, the crockpot might never have been invented.

Celebrity chef Molly Yeh inspired me to share my Jewish fusion recipes with the world.

Not fasting on Yom Kippur can be rooted in a need to atone too.

A family samovar passed down through the generations is a connection to a Russian Jewish past.

The execution of holidays—and ritual more broadly—is political.

Like during World War I and II, many of us have turned to gardening for comfort and control during the pandemic.

Two of JWA's Rising Voices alumnae reclaim the kitchen through cooking traditional Jewish dishes.

Traditions live on in places and foods, which have the unique ability to root people in their heritage.

Sure you've had black and white cookies, but have you made them?

In the early 1900s, a surprising movement emerged in the Yiddish-speaking Jewish diaspora: radical vegetarianism.

Food justice is a feminist issue, and a Jewish one.

A first-time Seder host shares her journey to prep for Passover, and a recipe for flourless chocolate cake with ganache.

When I saw a flyer advertising the Tucson International Jewish Film Festival at the Jewish Community Center, with something called Egg Cream listed as a short film to be shown toward the end of January, I was intrigued.

My pocket buzzes again. “Did you not see the news?” I feel my entire body tense, my fingers shaking as I struggle to open Twitter. In a moment, I am inundated—11 dead, maybe more.

When I wake up, I decide to make a babka.