The next time you throw a party, try these summer drink recipes. Throw in some fancy straws and umbrellas and your guests will love themâand you wonât have to take anyoneâs keys away from them, because thereâs no alcohol included, which sets a great example for your children. Most of the drinks are pareve; however, some call for milk
Fruit Loops
Fruit Loops combines the sharp tastes of pineapple, cranberry, orange juice and sweet grenadine syrup. Stir and serve over ice, garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.
Ingredients
âą 3 ounces pineapple juice
âą 2 ounces orange juice
âą 1 ounce cranberry juice
âą 1/2 ounce grenadine syrup
âą Slice of orange
âą Ice
In a chilled highball glass, add ice and stir in juices. Add the grenadine syrup and garnish with orange slice.
On Thursday, June 18, an elite group of Rabbinical leaders; Ambassadorâs of several European countries, representatives from the House and the Senate gathered in Washington in the magnificent Senateâs Kennedy Caucus Room to celebrate the monumental accomplishments of the late Rabbi Zvi Kestenbaum. Among the numerous life missions was to preserve and protect cemeteries and Synagogues throughout central and Eastern Europe, where his ancestors were buried.
Most of us are aware that the sun is harmful to our skin. Now that summer is upon us, we can arm ourselves with knowledge that will allow us to have fun in the sun and enjoy its warmth while protecting our skin from its harmful rays.
Shield yourself with clothing, a hat and glasses whenever possible. Thatâs a great start, but the sun can penetrate our clothing, so itâs important to apply sunscreen as well. The trick is to buy the right product, have it on hand and remember to use it.
For prolonged outdoor activity, choose a sunscreen that offers a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 or higher. Those with fair skin will want to use a higher number.
Choose a sunscreen effective against both UVA and UVB rays, typically identified as a broad spectrum sunscreen.
Apply sunscreen liberally. For adult protection, use 1 ounce per application. Donât spread it too thin. Apply sunscreen on dry skin, between 20 and 30 minutes before sun exposure begins. If you are at the beach or pool, apply sunscreen again after swimming. All sunscreens lose some degree of effectiveness when skin is submerged in water. Although many say they are waterproof and sweat proof, their effectiveness diminishes when long periods are spent in the water. For best results, reapply as directed.
The Deal Test Site, also known as the Joe Palaia Park in Ocean Township, New Jersey, is a peaceful place to walk, bike ride, and appreciate nature. So, when a multitude of fire fighters and fire engines, police officers and police cars, emergency responders and emergency vehicles; golf carts, close to 500 students from Hillel, Magen David, and Flatbush Yeshivahs and a crane dropping cars filled a section of the park for an anti-drinking and driving program, it was a rare spectacle, indeed.
The woman responsible for the commotion was Esther Tebele, mother of four Hillel graduates and a Hillel freshman. Eight years ago, she came across an article about a program called Rude Awakening and their spectacular full-day seminar that educated teens about the ramifications of drinking and driving. Esther wanted Hillel to participate in the program, so she contacted Police Officer Jim Roese, who has been running the Rude Awakening Program for over a decade.
Officer Roese launched this initiative after he was involved in a head-on collision with a drunk driver in 1993. Since that dreadful event, he has been passionate about educating people about the dangers of drunk driving.
Spain’s parliament has approved a law that will ease the path to citizenship for descendants of Jews who fled the country five centuries ago.
It will allow those who can trace their roots to the expelled Jewish community, also known as Sephardic Jews, to apply for a Spanish passport from October.
The aim is to correct what Spain’s government has called a “historic mistake”.
Tens of thousands of Jews were expelled in 1492 during the Spanish Inquisition.
Those who remained had to convert to Catholicism or risked being burnt at the stake.
The halls and classrooms of Barkai Yeshivah were filled with a variety of activities, which kept attendees busy for hours during their 2nd Annual Art Fair.
Art Educators, Barbara Sakkal and Sara Weinstock Aranov, took great pride in showcasing the creative talents of the students, as works of art by every child in the school, from kindergarten through the 8th grade, were exhibited. The lower level was magically transformed into a sophisticated art gallery, where paintings and sculptures, prints and puppets came to life through the imagination of the children.
In addition to the gallery exhibit, there were many activities for both children and parents to enjoy throughout the day.
Interactive art workshops in hat making, wire sculpture, and drawing to music were led by graduates of the Brooklyn College Masters Program in Art Education. The Community Mural had artists, young and oldâchildren, parents, grandparents and staffâlined up to offer their contribution to a wall of patterned circles. Another community project, a group sculpture, grew and took form over the course of four hours, with children and adults cooperating with each other to build a construction out of cardboard.
Alex Aranov, wood carver and Judaica artist demonstrated his craft while chiseling mezuzot from various types of wood. Completed mezuzot were on display and available for purchase.
In addition to displaying work from the art program, the Art Fair featured performing arts, both dramatic and musical. A theater was set up with stadium seating for the audience to enjoy the performances. The first one, âTableau Vivant,â which means âliving picture,â brought to life The Starry Night by Vincent
Van Gogh. The 3rd grade girls performed in glowing costumes against a glow-in-the-dark reproduction of the popular painting. The girls sang lyrics about the stars while performing a ribbon dance which mimicked the movement of the artistâs energetic night sky. Barkai teachers, Deborah Schecter and Rachelle Sitt, wrote and directed the presentation.
The second performance was presented by the Barkai Concert Band, under the direction of Middle School Music Teacher Peter Hanson. The band which formed this year, was supported by the Barkai PTA which provided the program with professional wind and percussion instruments.
Peter Hanson made a second appearance with his jazz combo, which played smooth jazz in the gallery throughout the day.
A new attraction, the Shuka Truck was parked at the entrance to the school, serving Israeli style shakshuka. The food was so delicious and popular that it sold out before the end of the day.
The Art Fair, which requires a full year of planning, is a collaboration between the Art Program and the Barkai PTA. Co-chairs of the Event were Barbara Azizo, Director of the Arts Program, Aimee Bailey, President Elect of the PTA, and Susan Sorscher, Curator of the Art Gallery. The Fair reflects Barkai Yeshivahâs strong commitment to the arts.
A festive trip to Congregation Kehila Kedosha Janina, the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere
This past Sunday, strings of Greek, Israeli and American flags danced in the breeze over a Lower East Side block. The air smelled of honey. Long lines of people waited to nosh on baklava and biscochos, a traditional Sephardic cookie. Under a big banner reading YASOU! a diverse crowd of Jews, Latinos, Chinese-Americansâalong with the typical mix of white-sneaker-wearing fanny-pack-sporting tourists and local hipsters with expensive haircutsâlistened to live bands rocking out with ouds and daoulis. (I especially enjoyed the awesomely-named Pontic Firebird, which plays dance music from the western Pontic zone of the Black Sea.)
The Greek Jewish festival was sponsored by Kehila Kedosha Janina, a tiny synagogue on Broome Street between Eldridge and Allen Streets. Iâd passed it many timesâitâs only a few blocks from my apartmentâassuming that it was one of the many small shuls in the neighborhood that had become fancy condos. But no: Kehila Kedosha Janina is the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere.
The Romaniotes are a people who view themselves as neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardi. According to their oral tradition, theyâre descended from Jews who were put on a slave ship to Rome after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE; a storm grounded the ship in Greece, and there they stayed for 2000 years. Their unique culture flowered. They didnât speak Ladino, the Spanish-Hebrew hybrid language of Sephardic Jewry; they spoke their own Judeo-Greek language, sometimes called Yevanicâa mix of Greek, Hebrew and Turkish with a few Spanish words thrown in.
(CNN)The Supreme Court struck down part of a federal statute Monday that allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to record in their passport “Israel” as the place of birth.
The 6-3 decision is a victory for the Executive, and a loss for Congress and the 12-year-old boy caught in the middle of a separation of powers dispute.
For the last 60 years, the United States policy has been to recognize no state as having sovereignty over Jerusalem.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the opinion, held that “over the last 100 years, there has been scarcely any debate over the President’s power to recognize foreign states.” Kennedy said that it was “clear” that in the statute at issue in the case, “Congress wanted to express its displeasure with the President’s policy, by among other things, commanding the Executive to contradict his own, early stated position on Jerusalem. This Congress cannot do.”
Standing on the steps of City Hall in downtown Manhattan, Letitia James, the New York City public advocate, turned to the private school students arrayed like a backdrop behind her and ended the speech she gave in mid-May with a shout: âWe want school safety agents!â
The children â Muslim girls with their heads covered, Catholic school students in vests, a few Jewish kids in yarmulkes â cheered back.
The rally was part of an increasingly high-pitched effort to ensure the passage of a bill, favored by city religious schools, that would assign a city-funded security guard to each New York City private school. Long a priority of the Orthodox Unionâs Advocacy Center, the bill has attracted major backing in the New York City Council but has yet to draw support from the mayorâs office.
The bill would provide at least one guard from the New York City Police Departmentâs school safety division to every nonpublic elementary or high school in New York City that requested one, and would cost the city up to $50 million a year, according to a City Council estimate. Itâs been a long-term goal for its sponsor, Councilman David Greenfield.
âThis is an issue of public safety,â Greenfield said. âReligious bias attacks have gone up in New York City.â
The Ma’alot massacre occurred in May 1974 and involved a two-day hostage-taking of 115 people which ended in the deaths of over 25 hostages. It began when three armed members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)Â entered Israel from Lebanon. Soon afterwards they attacked a van, killing two Israeli Arab women while injuring a third and entered an apartment building in the town of Ma’alot, where they killed a couple and their four-year-old son. From there, they headed for the Netiv Meir Elementary School, where they took more than 115 people (including 105 children) hostage on 15 May 1974, in Ma’alot. Most of the hostages were teenagers from a high school in Safad on a Gadna field trip spending the night in Ma’alot. The hostage-takers soon issued demands for the release of 23 Palestinian militants from Israeli prisons, or else they would kill the students. On the second day of the standoff, a unit of the Golani Brigade stormed the building. During the takeover, the hostage-takers killed children with grenades and automatic weapons. Ultimately, 25 hostages, including 22 children, were killed and 68 more were injured.
He’s made it his mission to remove hate graffiti wherever it’s found. Now Corey Fleischer has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help implement his model of hate-reduction elsewhere.
As U.S. relations with Cuba thaw, one unexpected byproduct could be the introduction of a Cuban-developed lung cancer vaccine in the U.S. Called Cimavax, an innovative vaccine that was developed to help treat lung cancer patients in Cuba, where lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death.
The immunotherapy treatment could be coming to the U.S. thanks in part to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, which is working with Cuba’s Center for Molecular Immunology to bring the treatment to the U.S.
ABC News spoke to Dr. Kelvin Lee, the chairman of the Department of Immunology at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, to learn more about the new medication.
