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These Kosher-for-Passover Edibles Are So Much Better Than Fruit Jelly Slices

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

4 weeks 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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.
Glazed Poppy Seed Hand Pies Recipe

1 month ago | myjewishlearning.com | Molly Yeh

Every time I eat poppy-seed-flavored desserts, I feel like I am preparing myself to be a Jewish grandma, and it makes me really happy. (It’s like the thirtysomething version of when you’d drink Shirley Temples as a kid and pretend to be grown up.) I don’t think anyone is born craving thick blobs of jet-black sweet goo, so I’m going to say that discovering how good it tastes is a sign of mature distinction. Poppy seeds are nutty, fruity and make for a striking pie filling.
One Pot Chicken with Potatoes and Dried Fruit

1 month ago | myjewishlearning.com | Sonya Sanford

Bukharian chicken and potatoes,kov roghan, is a Central Asian one-pot savory, succulent braise. While that dish is commonly made simply with chicken, potatoes and onions, in Central Asia and the former Soviet Union, cooks often combine fruit and meat in stews, braises and pilafs, like plov. Among the varieties of dried fruit used, prunes (dried plums) are a cherished ingredient and appear in both savory and sweet recipes.
Why Did Mordecai Refuse to Bow to Haman?

1 month ago | myjewishlearning.com | Howard Lovy

According to the Book of Esther, when Mordecai the Jew stood his ground and refused to prostrate himself before the Persian king’s evil advisor Haman, he set in motion a series of events that nearly led to the annihilation of the Jewish people. Enraged, Haman plotted the murder of all Jews in Persia, but this conspiracy was ultimately foiled by Mordecai and his cousin Esther.