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Shabbat Dinner

The Neverending Craigslist Shabbat Story

Sarah Barness | Posted 04.28.2013 | DC
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Sarah Barness

A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend showed me an ad they had seen on Craigslist titled "Seven Single White Jewish Males Looking to Host Seven Single Females for Shabbat Dinner." So, duh I responded, duh I got picked, and duh I went.

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Challah At Me!

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.17.2013 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- If things go as planned, this Friday evening, the "Seven Single White Jewish Males" who placed a recent Craigslist ad looking for dinner...

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The Magic of Shabbat Dinner

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 09.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Grant Achatz, The Family Dinner, Family Dinner, Shabbat, Laurie David, Ritual, Gail Simmons, Shabbat Dinner, Shabbos, Home News
Linda Novick O'Keefe

Friday nights can become more than the end of the week. They can be transformed into evenings dedicated to bringing people together, sharing meals and gratitudes, creating memories and community, savoring every bite, every minute together, around the table.

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Come For The Kugel

S.R. Hewitt | Posted 04.29.2012 | Religion
Read More: Kugel, Shabbat, Sabbath, Shabbat Across America, My Shabbat, Judaism, Cholent, What Is Shabbat, Shabbat Dinner, Jewish Food, Religion News
S.R. Hewitt

What is there to love about Shabbat? It's a day to rest? It's a day to sleep? Or perhaps, like thousands of of men and women profess after their first full Shabbat experience, it's the food.

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Report: Religion Makes You Fat

David Briggs | Posted 01.10.2012 | Religion
Read More: Worship, Shabbat, Church Supper, Religion, Judaism, Nutrition, Biscuits, Obesity, Diet, Faith, Church Dinner, Shabbat Dinner, Church and Obesity, Religion News
David Briggs

The multiple health benefits of an active faith life tend to stop at four-course Shabbat meals and church supper tables groaning with fried meat, biscuits and gravy, new research shows

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Hosted Shabbat Dinners: Mingling On A Friday Night

Ariel Gros-Werter | Posted 09.14.2011 | Religion
Read More: Judaism, Shabbat, Shabbat Dinner, Jewish Social Phenomenon, Jewish Culture, Upper West Side Jews, Jewish Singles, Jewish Connection, Religion News
Ariel Gros-Werter

Judaism in its nature is a social religion. Inviting people for a large dinner to hang out and meet each other fits what it means to act Jewishly -- to connect with other Jews.

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Two Meals, One Story: A Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from an American Abroad

Amy York Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Amy York Rubin

From their merging of religious tradition with daily life to their personal and historical narratives, the similarities between Muslims and Jews living in Israel is almost tragically comical.

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How To Make An Inter-Faith Relationship Work

tangomag.com | Holly Lebowitz Rossi | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Shabbat Dinner, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Interfaith Relationships, Inter-Faith Relationships, Healthy Living News

Wendy, 32, and Joe, 37, had been dating nearly a year before their divergent faiths first gave them pause. "So, what are they like?" Wendy, who was ra...

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