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September 9, 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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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

Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is on Thur

Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is on Thursday and I think this is the perfect time to wear the yellow daffodil 🌼 This is a perfect project for schools as well! You can download the official daffodil pattern from the museum website to cut out, take a selfie for social media, and use the hashtags: #RememberingTogether #WarsawGhettoUprisingCampaign

Even if you cannot be in Warsaw right now, by joining the @polinmuseum campaign, you will be joining thousands of people around the world who will be remembering the events of the Uprising. In the face of rising antisemitism, memory brings us together!

#campaign #sponsoredpost

Thank you to all the brands that sent me PR @bubbl

Thank you to all the brands that sent me PR @bubble @colourpopcosmetics @tonymoly.us_official @peachandlily @morphebrushes @andreatothemax and I can’t wait to try @povbeauty and share my honest reviews of it all! I actually have a second account on TikTok where I’ll be sharing all the reviews! Look for realmelindaletloose and follow me there 🩷

And shout out to @rootonetrips for helping thousands of Jewish teens go to Israel this summer!!!

#prunboxing #beautyobsessed #jewishlife #motherdaughter

I missed Fruit Riot and Poppi more than bread and

I missed Fruit Riot and Poppi more than bread and pasta 🤣 Did you miss any chametz during Pesach this year?

@walmart @drinkpoppi @fruitriot #orthodoxjewishlife #walmartfinds #kosherfood

I love this trend on tiktok! “Almost forgot this

I love this trend on tiktok! “Almost forgot this was the whole point” is such a beautiful way to focus on what matters, to find something in your life that has brought you joy, something REAL!

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