Jane’s Kitchen: Vegetarian Mushroom Holubchis (Stuffed Cabbage)

Servings: 10 Both mushroom gravy versions (without the tomato sauce) are traditional for the Ukrainian meatless Christmas Eve meal. Omit sour cream for vegan. 1 cabbage head 1 recipe Mushroom Filling, See below 2 cups white rice 4 cups water 1 large onion, chopped 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 large can (29 oz.) tomato sauce […]

Jane’s Kitchen: Meat Holubchis (Stuffed Cabbage)

Servings: 10 1 cabbage head 1 1/2 pounds meatloaf mix (or ground beef for kosher version) 1 1/2 cups white rice 3 cups water 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper 1 large onion, chopped 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 large can (29 oz.) tomato sauce 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup raisins Cut stem […]

A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: NOACH (GENESIS 6:9-11:32)

By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant This week’s Torah Parsha begins: “These are the generations of Noah; Noah was a righteous man for this generation; Noah walked with God” (1). Numerous commentaries have emerged, pertaining to the implication that ‘Noah was a righteous man’. In a rare ‘Torah Moment’, Torah scholars are actually in agreement […]

A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: BEREISHIT (GENESIS 1:1-6:8)

By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant “In the beginning of God’s creation of the heavens and earth, God said: “Let there be light; and, there was light” (1). The first Torah Parsha (BEREISHIT) of the Book of Genesis is probably the most familiar of any other portions of the Torah. The wondrous origination of the […]

A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: V’ZOTHABRACHA (DEUTERONOMY 33:1-34:12)

By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant  This week’s Torah Parsha (V’ZOTHABRACHA) is the final reading in the last of the five Books of the Torah. The Parsha begins with Moses blessing each of the twelve tribes of Israel. Echoing Jacobs’s blessings to his twelve sons, five generations earlier, Moses assigns and empowers each tribe with […]