Born and raised in Tel Aviv, chef Tom Aviv became a household name in Israel after winning "MasterChef Israel" in 2016, despite having no formal culinary training. He went on to open multiple ...

Saturday mornings were usually challah French toast mornings in my house growing up. My dad would take any leftover challah from Shabbat dinner the night before and put it to good use. His recipe is ...

When I call Dr. Beth Ricanati, she is on her way, fittingly enough, to teach a challah baking class to twelve other women. It’s 8:30 am on a Friday morning, and Ricanati is ready to go, doing what she ...

Diffident and self-conscious, Hannah Schifman hides behind a thicket of black curls. But ask her about her challah and she blooms with confidence, becoming, if not chatty, forthcoming. Why shouldn’t ...

Baking and eating challah bread, which is typically round or braided and comes in loafs or rolls, is an important part of the Jewish tradition. Since biblical times, Jews have enjoyed it at their ...

LAFAYETTE — –There’s nothing quite like the sight and sound of 200 women (and a handful of men) making bread together. Except there is. For nine months, Sara Briman, chef at Hotel Encanto Acapulco in ...

This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. If you need to build an ark, the Torah will tell you how. If you need to construct an ephod, the Torah will tell you how to do that, too. But ...

LAFAYETTE — A 3,000-year old tradition enjoyed by children under age 12 proved the everlasting allure of bread. On the backyard deck of Rabbi Yisroel Labkowski’s home, boys and girls accompanied by a ...

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On a recent Thursday night, right after sundown, Chami Cunin pulled a piece of dough from a metal bowl and said a prayer. More than 30 other women — and several children — followed her example. Then ...

LAFAYETTE — — There’s nothing quite like the sight and sound of 200 women (and a handful of men) making bread together on a Thursday night at the Lafayette Veteran s Hall. Except there is. For nine ...