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July 24, 2012 by Melinda Strauss

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📖 My debut cookbook EAT JEWISH comes out Sept 2
✡️Sharing My Jewish Life
❤️T1 Diabetic+T1D mom
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📧melinda@theArteAgency.com

AD Every step you take in Israel, under your feet

AD Every step you take in Israel, under your feet are thousands of years of Jewish history!

That is what makes Israel so special and that is why I hope every Jewish person gets the chance to come to Israel. It’s not just a vacation, it’s a chance to connect to our land, to our history, to our heritage, to our values.

I am so grateful to @rootonetrips for taking me to Israel to experience the history, the community, the food, the land. I got to see where my great-grandparents came into Israel in the early 1900’s through Old Jaffa. And now my son will be on a RootOne trip this summer!!

All North American Jewish high schoolers are welcome to apply!! RootOne doesn’t run their own trips, they help fund and support existing teen trips to Israel with $3,000 vouchers. On their website, you can find over 50 eligible Jewish summer programs to Israel and see which is right for you!

#rootonetrips #rootoneisrael

I wish every Jewish neighborhood could have a @kol

I wish every Jewish neighborhood could have a @kolsavemarket!!! Do you have a kosher grocery store where you live?? Growing up in Seattle, I seriously never take this for granted!

Ps. You don’t need to be Jewish to shop at a kosher grocery store! And that goes for all ethnic stores. You don’t have to be that ethnicity, go in and explore!

#kosherfood #groceryhaul #groceryshopping #kolsavepartner

AD Did you ever go on a teen summer tour to Israel

AD Did you ever go on a teen summer tour to Israel???

In these times when being visibly Jewish can feel isolating, Israel gives teens the strength to be proud—and the community to feel supported! I have spoken to so many high school students about this feeling and I am grateful to each of you who has shared your story with me.

All North American Jewish high schoolers are welcome to apply to @rootonetrips and I really hope you do!! On their website, you can find over 50 eligible Jewish summer programs to Israel and see which is right for you!

#rootonetrips #rootoneisrael

Usually I don’t like it when anyone snacks on th

Usually I don’t like it when anyone snacks on the Shabbos food before dinner but we actually get excited for pre-Shabbos potato kugel!

If you make your own, do you prefer a shredded potato or mushy potato in the center??

#jewishfood #potatokugel #kugel #shabbatshalom

Listen, sometimes we just need to laugh, okay?!?!?

Listen, sometimes we just need to laugh, okay?!?!? This is a beautiful custom but sometimes those challahs come out extra special 🤣🤣🤣

#challah #challahbread #jewishcomedy #jewishtradition

Shlissel challah, or “key challah,” is a speci

Shlissel challah, or “key challah,” is a special bread baked by many Ashkenazi Jews on the first Shabbos after Pesach. It’s often shaped like a key or baked with a key inside, symbolizing a prayer for Gd to “unlock” blessings and livelihood in the new season. This custom is not observed by all Jewish communities but it remains a meaningful post-Passover ritual for many. I honestly didn’t know what shlissel challah was before I started food blogging as it’s not my family’s custom but I LOVE to share about it!

#challah #shlisselchallah #eatjewish #jewishfood

I made this video last year in Israel on Yom HaSho

I made this video last year in Israel on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and it was my first time being in Israel for this very special siren that brings an entire country together in silence. Yom HaShoah is a national holiday in Israel and around the world, we join in to remember!

#neverforget #holocaustrembrance #yomhashoah

Visiting Poland for the first time was life alteri

Visiting Poland for the first time was life altering for me! I saw life before, during, and after the Holocaust in every town I visited. 1/5 of the Poland population, over 3 million Jews, systematically mrdered because of hate.

My family (the Fenigstein’s) moved from Poland to Israel (then it was Ottoman Palestine) in the early 1900s and I know that decision to leave their thriving home in Warsaw and travel with 12 children was not easy, but they built a community in Jaffa called Batei Varsha to help Jewish refugees 🙏🏻

#holocaustrembrance #yomhashoah #jewishpride

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