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Gal Garber and Mathilde Lair preparing jachnun in their apartment in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 20, 2020. (Mathilde Lair)

How homemade jachnun is giving a lifeline to European Jews in a second COVID wave

The takeout-friendly Yemenite bread is helping entrepreneurial home chefs weather the financial crisis on a continent hungry for exotic vegetarian dishes.

A chicken burger advertized on the website the The Chicken, a restaurant that serves lab-grown meat in Nes Tziona, Israel. (screenshot)

Eatery said to be world’s 1st lab-grown meat restaurant opens near Tel Aviv

The Chicken currently serves burgers made from cells grown in a factory.

Meet Rick Doblin, the Jewish psychedelics advocate working to turn a club drug into legal medicine

Doblin said his first LSD trip was the rite of passage he had hoped his bar mitzvah would be.

A Jewish cohousing movement is on the rise — but challenges beyond COVID remain

Members of the Wagabunda Scouts troop haul a fallen tree out of the the Jewish cemetery of Nowe Miasto, Poland on Nov. 11, 2020. (Julia Bandurska)

This non-Jewish leader is working to clean up Poland’s forgotten Jewish cemeteries

On Singles Day, Israel’s official state Twitter account plays matchmaker

Jason Greenblatt’s daughter got engaged in Dubai

7 especially Jewish ‘Jeopardy!’ moments from Alex Trebek’s 36 years as host

5 Hanukkah food hacks to make your holiday dinner easy and delicious

Jewish women from North Africa have an awesome feminist Hanukkah tradition

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