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PURIM SAMEACH! PURIM JOY!
According to Google search trends of 2021, what do you think was the fifth most searched recipe in the entire country?  Yep, hamantaschen. Leah of leahcookskosher.com, is sharing her own recipe here. Another website I visited was Chabad.org. Here I learned that while many of us grew up with the German or Yiddish word “tasch,” meaning “pocket,” “tash” means “weaken” in Hebrew.  So, whether you’re eating Haman’s pockets, Haman weakeners or Haman’s ears (Oznei Haman), they all taste delicious.

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President’s Message The Z word.  When I began my first year as President, back in January 2019 BC (Before Covid), I was already concerned about how people were responding to Zionism and asked Kindra Cooper to lead us in a conversation entitled: “What is that Zionist piece in our name, Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America?” …

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President’s Message 2         0          2          2             I’ve always been interested in having a plan to reach a goal I valued.  So, when I first became a grandparent, I was excited to start a 529 College Savings Plan. …

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President’s Message               Newly confirmed US Ambassador to Israel Tomas Nides | Screenshot: YouTube Do you recognize him?  He’s Tom Nides, new US Ambassador to Israel as of November 3.  Nominated by President Biden back in June, Nides’s qualifications were generally accepted as impeccable.  Following a nearly 10-month period in …

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President’s Message Thanksgiving 🍁🍁 has always been my favorite national holiday because everyone shares what they’re grateful for.  Growing up, I had not connected it with giving thanks during hard times.  Yet the first Thanksgiving took place after nearly half the pilgrims died from a rough winter and year. It became a national holiday in 1863, in the …

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