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4 Amazing Things to Do With Wraps

For a simple, filling, but amazing meal, roll it up inside a wrap! I’ll teach you my secrets of how to make a perfect wrap every time. My rules are simple: include a protein, something...
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Skinny Cooking with Victoria Dwek: Skinny French Toast

  Make this Skinny French Toast recipe at home for Mother's Day! One slice of toast? Eh, not so filling. A couple egg whites? Double eh, not filling at all. But … put them together in a dish like...

On Death and Mourning // A Widow Must Come To Terms With A New...

I lost my mother last year. Eleven months later, with no warning, I lost my husband. The wheel of life goes round and round and eventually touches everyone with loss and mourning. It is...

The Exodus Bensalem, PA // A Community Built on Kiruv

The growth of small communities differs from place to place. Some are planned; some develop organically. And there’s usually a mix of the two. The growing Torah community in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, has a strong...

Lost to the Frost // Does a Cold Winter Mean a Yanover Esrogim Shortage?

An unusually cold and frosty winter in Italy has led to concerns that there may be a shortage of Yanover esrogim as the Sukkos season approaches. Rabbi Menachem Lazar, whose family has been providing hashgachah...

In The Footsteps Of History // A Fascinating Tour Through The Ancient City Of...

When my husband and I were planning our European honeymoon, we were excited to include Rome on our list of destinations, along with Florence, Venice, London and Zurich. For me, it would be the...

A Witness to Presidential Corruption // John Dean, Who Brought Down President Nixon In...

Nowadays, John W. Dean III is no longer the boyish-looking, horn-rimmed 34-year-old who mesmerized the world with his dramatic testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee in June 1973 about President Nixon’s direct involvement in...

Cherry Cheese Crepe Cups

Crepe Cups: 1 cup flour 1½ cups chilled seltzer 1 egg yolk, chilled Cherry Filling: 1 cup Baker’s Choice nougat chips ¼ cup chopped hazelnuts 1 cup heavy cream 16 ounces whipped cream cheese, chilled 1¼ cups sugar 7 ounces white chocolate, melted in a...

Balsamic Tomato and Peach Salad

2½ pounds beets (about 10 medium), peeled and quartered½ cup fresh lemon juice ½ cup honey 1½ teaspoons salt ½ cup chopped walnuts 1 red onion, cut into thin strips Place beets in a 4-quart pot. Add enough...

An Upside-Down World

In addition to my day job as an Ami columnist, I also have the privilege of serving as the rabbi of one of Los Angeles’s many shuls. But mine is no ordinary shul—it is Congregation Bais Naftoli, founded by a group of Holocaust survivors, and...