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Every Saturday night in my IG stories, I share wha

Every Saturday night in my IG stories, I share what I read all day on Shabbos so it was fun to make a video sharing not only what I read, but how many times I napped today 🤣

What do you do all day on Shabbos? If you don’t celebrate Shabbos, I hope you’ve been inspired to disconnect for a little bit on the weekends.

#shabbos #jewishlife #weekendvibes

A family that fishes together ❤️ What an ama

A family that fishes together ❤️

What an amazing trip with my parents and my niece, @abirk_16. For those asking where Justin is, he’s at home in NY working and walking @heyitsthelou. I def miss him and I hope we can come fishing together next summer!

@nootka_wilderness_lodge #fishinglife #familytime #nootkawildernesslodge #wildernessvibes

This is what it’s all about right here! A day sp

This is what it’s all about right here! A day spent out on the fishing boat, catching a beautiful salmon, and kissing it (of course) 😘

#fishinglife #nootkasound #salmonfishing #britishcolumbia

The reason for my whole Seattle trip was fishing!!

The reason for my whole Seattle trip was fishing!!! So excited to fly up to @nootka_wilderness_lodge today with my parents and my niece, Alex, and yes, we flew in this tiny little seaplane to get there.

Would you fly in a small plane like this??

#fishingtrip #fishingislife #seaplane

Tonight begins the fast of Tisha B’av, when we m

Tonight begins the fast of Tisha B’av, when we mourn the destruction of both the first and second Holy Temples (Beit Hamikdash) in Jerusalem. But did you know we also mourn many other important moments in Jewish history?

#jewishhistory #tishabav #jewisheducation

Happy 67th Birthday, Dad!!!! In honor of my dad's

Happy 67th Birthday, Dad!!!!

In honor of my dad's birthday today, I'm finally sharing his famous dairy free mint chocolate chip ice cream recipe. He sells it in Seattle locally to raise money for the schools so now you can make your own (unless you know him and then you should totally buy it from him 😘)

LARRY RUSSAK’S DAIRY FREE MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP ICE CREAM

4 cups non-dairy whipped topping (liquid, not whipped)
2 cups hemp milk (not soy or almond milk, it will not come out the same)
2/3 cups liquid pasteurized egg yolks (comes in a carton)
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp peppermint extract
a few drops of green food coloring
mini chocolate chips

Whisk together the hemp milk, egg yolks, sugar, peppermint and green food coloring in a large mixing bowl
In a high speed blender (like a Vitamix), blend the mixture with the whipped topping until smooth and creamy.
Pour the custard into an ice cream maker and churn according to your machine's instructions. After 15 minutes, add the chocolate chips. It should take around 25-30 minutes. The ice cream will be soft at this point. You can eat it right away or put it in a container in the freezer for an hour to harden up.

A few notes:
-You can cut this recipe in half since it makes around 2 gallons of ice cream.
-You can make this recipe dairy with heavy cream and milk
-This recipe uses an ice cream maker so it can't be made no-churn. Here's a link to my favorite ice cream maker that you can copy and type into Amazon: https://amzn.to/3JFnar7

#happybirthday #dairyfreeicecream #mintchocolatechip #happybirthdaydad #kosherrecipes

I know, I know, you're like "Back to School" alrea

I know, I know, you're like "Back to School" already, but you KNOW I like to plan ahead because it helps me avoid stressing last minute and even though Nora is still at sleepaway camp, I thought it would be fun to do a little shopping for her at @JCPenney.

My kids go to a Jewish private school and in middle school, the uniform is a collared blue or white shirt and blue and khaki skirts (for the girls) and pants (for the boys). But the kids can wear whatever sweatshirts they want and the girls can wear whatever leggings under their skirts and go nuts with their sneakers.

JCPenney has head-to-toe clothing, shoes, and school supplies like backpacks and lunchboxes so I bought a ton of stuff for Nora and she approves all the way from camp! And I have to say, I've been shopping at JCPenney since I was a kid and it feels pretty dang cool to be working with them now! I feel so grateful.

#JCPpartner #shoppingisback #backtoschool #jewishlife

Last night, Justin and I were invited to attend th

Last night, Justin and I were invited to attend the movie premier of Devorah’s Hope, the story of Holocaust survivor Devorah Mostovicz, her brother Menachem, and their resilience to live.

Sharing the stories of Holocaust survivors is so important, now more than ever before! Especially with antisemitism on the rise, people idolizing H*tler (I didn’t type his real name because social media tends to ban the Jews who use it but not those who celebrate him), schools in America not even teaching children about the Holocaust, and people actually denying it ever happened. Makes my stomach turn to even type that out!

Devorah’s Hope, which is a combination of documentary and professional actors depicting this incredible story of survival, was directed by Devorah’s daughter, founder of @projectwitness, publisher of Hamodia newspaper and @binahmagazine, Mrs Ruth Lichtenstein. She is one seriously inspiring powerhouse Jewish woman and she is on a mission!

We must continue to share these stories, continue educating the world about the 6 million Jews who were taken from this world just because they were Jewish, and continue talking about Antisemitism and Judaism because hate is fueled by ignorance. As the saying goes: “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” so we must make sure this history is not erased by those full of baseless hatred 🙏🏻

If you would like to find out more about how to watch Devorah’s Hope or how to bring it to your community, please go to projectwitness.org

#holocaustremembrance #holocaustsurvivor #jewishhistory #projectwitness #jewishlife

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