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In Silent Contemplation
By Ezra N. Rich “Go to your room! Now!” While children may be forced to sit and reflect on their actions during a timeout or detention, adults are often too busy to intentionally choose some silence. This week’s double-parshah (Torah portion) of Tazria-Metzorah...
Post Pesah: Returning with Intention
By Zahava Fried One of my favorite rituals happens not at the beginning of Passover, but at the end. The moment the holiday is over, I start dismantling my kitchen with unbridled glee. The chametz comes back in. The regular dishes come down from storage. The whole...
Re-Setting the Table
By Harvey Sanders As I get ready to set the table for our Passover Seder, I keep coming back to Resetting the Table. But I am not talking about re-setting the table for the second Seder the following night. Bear with me, this will make sense. During Passover, one of...
Talia Fuld
This week, Federation is proud to spotlight NEXTGen’s final co-chair. Born and raised in Queens, New York, Talia Fuld is a two-time graduate of the University at Buffalo, where she earned a degree in Biomedical Engineering, followed by a Master of Business...
Alan Morinis
Welcoming Alan MorinisAuthor of The Shabbat Effect The Buffalo Jewish community is excited to welcome back Dr. Alan Morinis during his current book tour. Alan is the founder of The Mussar Institute and one of the leading voices in the contemporary revival of the...
Sophia Veffer Upstander Award
The Holocaust Education Resource Organization’s (HERO) award season is around the corner, and nominations are due soon. To inspire nominations of award-worthy leaders in Western New York, we are proud to spotlight past recipients of the prestigious Sophia Veffer...
Layered Mocha Mud Pie
By: Robin Kurss I don’t know about you, but every year for Passover I make my own coconut macaroons because they are so much better than the tinned ones. That being said, I always buy the tinned ones too because my grandmothers and my mother did and I always am...
Bundt Pull Apart Loaf
By: Robin Kurss Passover is over…time for bread! This pull apart bread is delicious for breakfast and brunch…so easy to make and looks impressive too! Ingredients:• 3 cans of buttermilk biscuits• 1 cup sugar• 3 tsp. cinnamon• 1 cup butter• 1/2 cup brown sugar...
Grandma Kate’s Bubbela
By: Robin Kurss My Grandma Kate Bernhard loved having us over for Sunday brunch. It was usually my father, his younger brother Dick, my sister and me. Noodle kugel, lox and bagel would abound. But on the Sunday that fell during Passover, she outdid herself. She’d wake...