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7 Summery Jewish Recipes to Make This June

1 week ago | myjewishlearning.com | Rachel Myerson

With summer around the corner, we want to be outdoors enjoying the warm weather as much as we possibly can. The grill is out, awaiting a spatchcock chicken with a fabulously garlicky sauce, or a whole eggplant for the smokiest, meltiest baba ganoush.
We Want Your Best High Holiday Recipes

1 week ago | myjewishlearning.com | Rachel Myerson

Yes, yes, the High Holidays are monthsaway, but here at The Nosher, we start thinking about Rosh Hashanah as soon as we’ve wiped the final matzah crumbs off our kitchen countertops. And this year, our early planning means you’re in for a treat.
7 Jewish Recipes to Bake Your Way Into May

1 month ago | myjewishlearning.com | Rachel Myerson

Spring is in the air, and this month we’re leaning into fresh, fruity flavors, like guava rugelach and Ukranian cherry dumplings topped with a dollop of sour cream. Israeli Independence Day and Memorial Day signal the start of grilling season, and you’re going to need a carb-y companion for your hamburgers or kebabs, be it shiny challah pretzel buns or the perfect pita recipe.
These Kosher-for-Passover Edibles Are So Much Better Than Fruit Jelly Slices

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Evelyn Frick

Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers? That’s easy: This year, Jews can swap out the fruit jelly slices for weed gummies. Tokin’ Chews, the latest venture from the people behind Jewish cannabis brand Tokin’ Jew, just released fruit-flavored edibles in time for Passover.
Classic Ashkenazi Haroset Recipe with Apples and Walnuts

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Sonya Sanford

Haroset is a fruit paste that’s an essential component of the Passover seder symbolizing the mortar used by the enslaved Israelites in Egypt. Across the diaspora, you’ll find variations of fruit combined with nuts soaked in wine on the seder table; often apples and walnuts are combined, almonds are popular and warming spices are frequently included.
This Nostalgic Passover Treat Deserves a Comeback

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Sonya Sanford

Sweet beet preserves might be a tough sell for contemporary eaters, but for many Ashkenazi Jews eingemacht elicits a wave of Passover nostalgia. Eingemacht is Yiddish for “preserves,” and is commonly associated with beetroot in particular, but it is also often made for Sukkot with etrog. Eingemacht can also be made with carrot, radish and a variety of fruits. While the origins of beet preserves for Pesach are unknown, beetroot has been preserved in sweet and savory ways for hundreds of years.
Make-Ahead Moroccan Meatballs Recipe

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Ronnie Fein

One of the worst meals I ever ate was when I was a kid and my Mom was sick so my dad decided to cook meatballs for dinner. He took a handful of chopped beef for each one, shaped them into small mountains, spread tomato paste on top, then broiled them to death. They were awful. He was a wonderful father but a dreadful cook. It didn’t turn me off meatballs, though, because how could it? Meatballs are special.
Peanut Butter Halvah Recipe

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Molly Yeh

As a longtime enthusiast of Middle Eastern-style halvah, my favorite halvah breakthrough came when I discovered that if you swap out the for peanut butter, you get a confection that tastes just like the inside of a Butterfinger, but slightly softer.
Dubai Chocolate Is the Hamantaschen Trend of 2025

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Evelyn Frick

Well, it’s official: Dubai chocolate is the trendiest hamantaschen of 2025. In case you’ve missed it, Dubai chocolate is a knafeh, tahini paste and crushed pistachio-filled chocolate bar first created by Fix Dessert Chocolatier in 2021. Since then, this sumptuous dessert with Middle Eastern flavors has become a viral hit, especially in 2023 and 2024, with many online creators attempting to make their own Dubai chocolate bars.
The Fabulous Jewish Food of Las Vegas

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Joanna O'Leary

We sing, we dance, we cook — how could Jews not have some part in Las Vegas becoming “The Entertainment Capital of the World?” While Jewish contributions to show business are diverse, vast and often unexplored, this article shines the spotlight on their impact on a different type of theater: the kitchen.