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Sketching Out: Sketches of art, watercolor, photos, recipes, books, interviews, Jewish topics, and Highland Park, New Jersey

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Jewish topics from holidays to parsha to anti-Semitism to news of Israel to Jewish community news

Story: Rich Man Insults Unwanted Guest

Mr. Ashir screams at the top of his lungs at Bar Kamtza.

Mr. Ashir gets super angry when Bar Kamtza shows up at his party. Learn more of the Bar Kamtza story. See photos and action.

Filed in: drama, family, Jewish(5 Comments)

Melting Candles, Daikons and Raritan Avenue

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Marchers in support of Israel on Raritan Avenue in Highland Park, a video with melting candles and fermenting daikons

Filed in: Central New Jersey, family, Highland Park, Jewish Tagged: film • Raritan Avenue(4 Comments)

Flowers of Comfort

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Do you have favorite flowers of comfort? Rudbeckia, Mexican poppies, lilies and columbines all grow in my yard. What your favorites?

Filed in: gardening, Jewish, photography(9 Comments)

Tree Illustration: Fruit, Stream, Shade

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Tree illustration with fruit, stream of water, shade for rest under tree. Traveler feels refreshed and says to tree: Ilan, Ilan, how can I bless you?

Filed in: art, Hebrew, Jewish Tagged: illustration(15 Comments)

Recipe: Matza Brei – Salty, Savory or Sweet?

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Recipe for matza brei: Take one egg, mix it up, break up one half piece of matza. Fry in pan with butter. Turn, eat, enjoy. Pesach (Passover) treat.

Filed in: Jewish, recipes(18 Comments)

Watercolor: Baby Dolls, Barbie Doll

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Watercolor baby dolls, barbie doll, American Girl doll painted on paper in response to One Watercolor a Day challenge of paint children’s toys.

Filed in: art, Jewish(12 Comments)

Jewish Holidays and Nature

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Jewish holiday season: relationship between Jewish holidays and nature? We sit out in sukkah. We pay attention to the moon – Jewish calendar is lunar.

Filed in: Israel, Jewish, nature(15 Comments)

Guest Poem: The Lament of the People of Sodom

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Guest poem by Daniel called The Lament of People of Sodom. Rosh Hashana links to honey cake, sephardi piyut, symbols – simanim for Rosh Hashana

Filed in: blogs, Jewish, poetry(11 Comments)

Fast Day – Jerusalem Memories

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Fast Day of Shiva Assar B’Tammuz – 17th of Tammuz – Jerusalem walls were broken by Romans. Three weeks later, Temple was destroyed. Jerusalem has a mix of architecture.

Filed in: art, Israel, Jewish Tagged: Jerusalem(8 Comments)

Grave of Shimon Bar Yohai – Meiron, Israel

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Grave of Shimon Bar Yohai and his son Eleazar in Meiron, Israel – visit the prune shop. Wear modest clothing. Men and women entrances. Caves and graves.

Filed in: Israel, Jewish(6 Comments)

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