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Can a Jew be a Vegetarian?

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Jewish food is many things, but healthy might not be the first adjective that pops to mind when contemplating a glossy lox platter or meaty deli delight. Paris-based psychotherapist Kenden Alfond is on a mission to make Jewish food healthier. In addition to her therapy practice, working with women and adolescent girls, shes the founder of Jewish Food Hero. Through her website, she introduces readers to plant-based versions of traditional Jewish dishes as a way to improve emotional, physical and mental well-being.

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Her newest cookbook is Beyond Chopped Liver: 59 Jewish Recipes Get a Vegan Health Makeover. Alfond has been a health-conscious eater since childhood: She became a vegetarian at 12 growing up in Maine. At 16, she went vegan.

There was a book about Gandhi in the library, about his non-violence philosophy and vegetarianism. It really resonated with me, and I felt it was meaningful, she says. My family was supportive, and I just stopped eating the meat portion of meals. Today is different, with so many choices, so many mock-animal products. You see a lot of people making separate meals.

Since 2005, she has lived and worked outside of the United States. In addition to clinical work, she used her expertise in psychology to do humanitarian work in India, Afghanistan, Congo, Switzerland and Cambodia before settling in France. How she thinks about food and communal eating has been heavily influenced and expanded as a consequence of her experiences living, cooking and eating in other cultures all these years.

Living all over the world as a foreign person, my go-to community was the Jewish community. At Shabbat dinners, I noticed how the food felt like an obstacle to connect with the Jewish community sometimes. I remember being at a Shabbat dinner and noticing that a few women werent eating, and it really bothered me. Somethings not right if women arent eating the food thats being served, she says. Digging deeper, she began to discover that some felt as though the meal wasnt supporting their personal health goals or their environmental values.

The food that is served for Jewish holidays and communal events sometimes does not fit our modern sensibilities because its not aligned with our values and health aspirations. In todays world, theres no need to have an animal-protein appetizer and an animal-product-based soup, and then an animal-protein main course, she says.

Meanwhile, as a therapist, she was cognizant of the importance of communal dining as a way to build connectivity. She started Jewish Food Hero to showcase healthier, plant-based versions of recipes in a Jewish framework, such as vegan chopped liver, vegan and oil-free challah, tofu shakshuka, plant-based honey cake and vegan chocolate and prune babka.

She cooks at home and tests dishes on her family (she has an 11-year-old daughter), and also asks people in the Jewish Food Hero newsletter community to test dishes too. The blog has spun into a series of cookbooks. Chopped Liver is her latest effort. Her last cookbook, Feeding Women of the Bible, Feeding Ourselves, is a community effort in which she collaborated with 40 Jewish women to share female biblical characters stories interwoven with modern commentary and reflections. Paired with each story are two plant-based recipes designed to honor each heroine. She enjoys grounding the recipes in a larger Jewish context, beyond eating solely to lose weight or achieve personal health goals.

This whole health food and wellness thing can feel a bit extreme and quickly can feel superficial and empty. Jewish Food Hero is not focused on weight loss or personal appearance since theres enough of that messaging already. I just focus on creating resources that allow us to add more simple and delicious plant-based foods to our tables and connect to Judaism at the same time, she says.Shes working on another community cookbook focusing on the female characters in the Talmud.

As for Beyond Chopped Liver, which is out in February, readers can find core Jewish recipes with modern health upgrades, without dairy or meat, inspired from Jewish pre-modern diaspora communities: Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi, Beta Israel/Ethiopian and Indian Jewish communities, and from the modern Israeli and American Jewish food cultures. Some classics include vegan versions of Yemenite soup, challah, mock whitefish salad, pumpkin patties, Israeli salad with bulgur and chickpeas and pear and plum mini farka cakes.

Jewish food isnt easy to define, but one thing is true: Jewish food and culture is today what it has always beena multicultural affair. That, in my opinion, is cause for celebration, she says.

As for her favorites? While she recommends the fudgy flourless chocolate cake (see the recipe here!), especially during Passover, she does have a confession: I am currently missing Asian food. I fell in love with the food in Asia since I lived most of the last 15 years in that region. I am a Jewish American living in France now, but part of my stomach is still in Asia, she says.

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For Gil Troys review of The Poetry of Secrets, click here.

In 2016, author Cambria Gordon, her husband and their youngest child left Los Angeles to take a yearlong sabbatical in Madrid. She fell in love with Spain and became fascinated with the history of the Jewish people there, traveling to the old communities where they used to live like Toledo and Segovia and going to synagogue with Ashkenazi transplants who had moved there. Though Gordon is Ashkenazi, her stepfather was Sephardic so shes familiar with the traditions.

I was raised with a lot of cultural Sephardic food and Ladino speaking in the home, she said, in a phone interview with the Journal. I found myself drawn to it.

Gordon started reading fiction and non-fiction books on the Spanish Inquisition since she never learned about it growing up. Though shed never written a novel her first book was about global warming and co-written with Laurie David she knew she had to create one about this time in Jewish history.

The Inquisition weighed heavily on me, she said. I wanted to do a forbidden love story set during that time and my [former] agent said I should.

Now, Gordon is releasing her new young adult novel, The Poetry of Secrets, on February 2. The book takes place in 1481 on the eve of the Inquisition and centers on Isabel Perez, a girl who sneaks out to poetry readings and falls in love with Diego Altamirano, a young nobleman whose family would not approve of Isabel. Her family members are conversos, or Jews who converted to Catholicism to avoid prosecution, but they still practice Judaism in secret in their home.

While in Madrid, Gordon learned Spanish. She wanted to make the book as true as possible, so she throws in Spanish words and tried to write like how a teenager from 1481 would talk. She uses phrases like goose pimples for chills and a load of rotten posset for crap.

I wanted Isabel to be this feisty character and she couldnt speak in slang or like a modern teenage girl would speak, she said. I really tried to be authentic.

That meant putting herself in Isabels place. I imagined what it would be like to be a 16-year-old girl who fell in love with the wrong man, Gordon said. Would I be proud of my heritage or hide it? Would I be a practicing Jew who never converted or a converso? I found that I identified with Isabel.

One of the reasons Gordon said she felt the need to write her novel is because young people typically learn about the Holocaust, but not the Inquisition. She said that when doing her research, she realized there was a direct line between the Inquisition and the Holocaust. During the former, the church would make Jews wear a badge identifying themselves. Jews could not cut their hair, work in certain lines of business or even talk to Christians.

When doing her research, she realized there was a direct line between the Inquisition and the Holocaust.

Nazism didnt come out of the ether, she said. There are historical precedents and I think its really important to understand that when you dehumanize someone, you can do anything to them.

In one point in the book, this happens to Isabel when she is tortured. I didnt want to hide the truth of what happened to people, even if they were female and they were young, Gordon said. It wasnt just men being tortured.

Despite the fact that The Poetry of Secrets reveals a tragic time in Jewish history, Gordon thinks the book will resonate with young people today who are finding their own voices and figuring out what they believe in.

The book has hope, Gordon said. The main character has so much agency in her choices that its something that young people as well as adults will not be afraid of and be inspired by.

The Poetry of Secrets, from Scholastic Press, is available for pre-order on Amazon

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With COVID rates continuing to spike, a pair of communal organizations in Flatbush are joining forces to urge those who test positive for the virus to undergo a treatment with potentially lifesaving benefits that has been approved for emergency usage by the Food and Drug Administration.

Flatbush Hatzolah and the Sephardic Community Alliance have been spreading the word about outpatient monoclonal antibody infusions currently available at multiple hospitals in New York, New Jersey and Florida. A standardized treatment that is effective when administered within the first few days after a PCR test yields positive results, monoclonal antibodies are being used nationwide for patients in certain high risk categories. Over the past two weeks, Hatzolah of Flatbush and the Sephardic Community Alliance have sent approximately 400 newly diagnosed COVID patients who meet eligibility criteria for monoclonal antibody infusions and are reporting that virtually all responded positively and recuperated well at home, the one exception an 85 year old woman who doctors believe began taking the antibody cocktail outside of the recommended window of treatment.

Flatbush Hatzolah member Alan Esses explained that monoclonal antibodies provide COVID antibodies before the body can begin producing them on its own in response to the virus.

These scientifically produced antibodies given in day two, three or four can stop the disease in its tracks, explained Esses. It is a simple procedure that can be done in just a few hours and it is really keeping people out of the hospital.

The intravenous treatment is currently available in New York City at New York Community Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center and Mt. Sinai, in the New Jersey area at Monmouth Medical Center and Jersey Shore Medical Center and in Lakewood at Kimbal Medical Center, in Monsey at Good Samaritan Hospital, in Teaneck at Holy Name Medical Center and in the Miami area at Mt. Sinai of Miami Beach, Memorial Hospital and Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, with an expanded list available here.

Those eligible for monoclonal antibodies include individuals 65 and older who are overweight, have chronic kidney disease, diabetes or are immunocompromised and those 55 and over with cardiovascular disease, hypertension or chronic respiratory disease. Monoclonal antibody treatment is also approved for 12 to17 year olds who are extremely overweight, have sickle cell disease, certain types of heart disease, cerebral palsy, asthma, chronic respiratory disease or a medical-related technological dependence.

Esses said that as recently as a month ago, those infected with COVID were finding their conditions steadily worsening for as long as eight or nine days, with some contracting pneumonia and needing to be hospitalized. He categorized monoclonal antibody infusions as a game changer, with patients feeling better within days and Hatzolah of Flatbush conducted a Zoom training session this past week to educate 200 of its members on the treatments benefits. Esses estimated that a minimum of six to ten people in the Flatbush community are undergoing the treatment each day, with most home within three hours and he cautioned anyone who has undergone the infusion to continue being vigilant about social distancing, masking and handwashing.

We want to get the word out to everyone in our community, said Esses. If you have COVID, and you meet the eligibility criteria, dont wait until you are really sick to seek treatment. Speak up, go the ER, get the infusion and then go home and get better.

With monoclonal antibody infusions being offered nationwide, anyone receiving a positive result on a COVID PCR test should contact their local hospital or bikur cholim organization to learn if the treatment is available nearby.

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Since the publication more than half a century ago of a landmark article that referenced the vanishing American Jew, its been hard to shake that idea as the dominant narrative of American Jewish life.

Yet the U.S. Jewish community is the largest in the world, with an estimated 7 million Jews slightly more than Israels 6.8 million.

And despite a low birthrate, American Jews actually are growing in number, primarily due to three factors: immigration, intermarriage and education.

Over the past three decades, Jewish immigrants have come in large numbers from the former Soviet Union, Latin America and Israel. Intermarriage, rather than acting as a net negative for Jewish population, actually has resulted in more Jews, as the children of intermarried parents increasingly identify as Jewish and some spouses convert. And Jewish education has helped retain the numbers of Americans who identify as Jews and drawn some Jews by choice into the fold.

The narrative of the Jewish community that we are a disappearing people Look magazine famously referred to us [in 1964] as the Vanishing American Jew is not true, said Leonard Saxe, a demographer at Brandeis Universitys Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. What we know is that the American Jewish population is growing substantially, and we know where they are living, how old they are and their political attitudes. We also know that American Jews are increasingly diverse, both in their demographic characteristics and how they enact their Jewish identities.

The increasing diversity of American Jewry is apparent in myriad elements, including national origin, race and ethnicity.

We are not just descendants of European Jews, said Arnold Dashefsky, director of the University of Connecticuts Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life. Therefore, planners need to reflect on how their policies can accommodate the diverse nature of American Jewry.

Dashefsky estimates that 10% of American Jewry is Sephardic and another 5% is comprised of nonwhite Jews from Poland, Russia and Ukraine, such as Bukharian Jews. Jews of color a broad term that encompasses African-American Jews, Ethiopian Jews and others may constitute 12-15% of American Jews, according to researchers at Stanford and the University of San Francisco who in 2019 examined 25 population studies of American Jews and found that most likely undersampled nonwhite Jews.

Dancers perform at a celebration at the Ohr Natan congregation of Bukharian Jews in the Rego Park section of Queens, New York. (Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images)

The Jewish community has consistently been inconsistent with respect to how it attempts to account for Jews of color within the American Jewish community, Ari Kelman, an associate professor of education and Jewish studies at Stanford, told JTA last year.

The United States also has an increasingly vocal, visible and vibrant Israeli population. A landmark study of the nations Jewry in 2013 by the Pew Research Center estimated that 100,000 Israeli-born Jews are living in the U.S., similar to the estimate of the National Jewish Population Survey in 2000-01.

But according to an analysis of American Community Survey data conducted by Ira Sheskin, director of the University of Miamis Jewish Demography Project and author of dozens of Jewish population surveys, there actually are some 350,000 Jews with Israeli roots in America. Many are concentrated in communities with large Hebrew-speaking communities, including Northern and Southern California, New York and New Jersey, South Florida and Boston, but plenty of Israelis are scattered elsewhere across the country.

America has other sizable Jewish communities where the native tongue is not English. Russian-speaking Jews live in large concentrations in New York City. Spanish-speaking Jews reside in large numbers in South Florida, including immigrants from Argentina and Venezuela who have arrived during the past two decades. Los Angeles has a large Persian-speaking community, the result of an exodus of Iranian Jews following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The increase in Americas Jewish population comes despite the low fertility rate among American Jews, which has been in decline since the 1970s and generally is lower than Americans.

During the baby boomer generation of 1946 to 1964, most Jewish households had two or three kids, according to Sheskin.

But now, Jewish women are averaging 1.9 children each and not all are raising them as Jews, he said. As a result, the effective Jewish fertility rate is 1.4 per woman.

The majority of U.S. Jews live in four states: New York, California, Florida and New Jersey, according to the American Jewish Year Book. The states with the fastest growing Jewish population are Florida (up 200,000 in the past 40 years) and New Jersey (up 100,000 over 40 years).

U.S. Jews are highly educated: About 60% have a college education, compared with 32% of the general public, according to surveys. And among those aged 25 to 34, Sheskin said, 85% either have a college degree or have started college.

One major factor contributing to American Jewish growth is changes in attitudes toward intermarriage.

Intermarried families are, for the most part, accepted in the community, Saxe observed. I like to say that intermarriage no longer requires that they have to give up their Jewish passport.

After the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey alarmed Jewish leaders with its finding of an intermarriage rate of 52% among American Jews (subsequent scholarship revised the figure down to 43%), the community was galvanized into action.

Interfaith marriage, rather than acting as a net negative for Jewish population, actually has resulted in more Jews, as the children of intermarried parents increasingly identify as Jewish and some spouses convert. (Shutterstock)

Jewish education programs were revamped. Jewish summer camps, hailed as a highly successful Jewish engagement mechanism, multiplied. Philanthropists created Birthright Israel, which has provided free trips to Israel to more than 700,000 young American Jews. Such initiatives and investments have helped Jews develop greater interest in their Jewish identity, Saxe observed.

Improvements in demographic methods for finding and counting American Jews also have helped researchers acquire a more accurate picture of the Jewish community, he added.

We are better able to study Jews. We have the ability to find them including those who are not part of the formal Jewish community, Saxe said. We are applying new statistical tools to understand it and we are looking at different ways people are Jewish not just membership in synagogues but culturally, through membership in Jewish community organizations, advocacy groups and the study of Jewish literature and texts.

About 60% of American Jews identify with one of the three main U.S. Jewish religious denominations: 35% as Reform, 18% as Conservative and 10% as Orthodox. Orthodox Jews comprise the fastest-growing of these denominations, owing largely to their birthrate of 4.1 children per family, according to the Pew Research Center. A landmark 2011 study of Jews in New York, by far the countrys largest community, found that 61% of all area Jewish children were being raised in Orthodox households.

When it comes to politics, a large majority of American Jews vote Democratic. An election-eve survey of 1,334 Jews released in October by the American Jewish Committee found that Jews planned to vote for Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a margin of 75% to 22%. In 2016, Hillary Clinton took most of the Jewish vote: 62% to Trumps 16%, according to an AJC survey.

Octobers AJC survey found that the most pronounced differences among Jews were based on religious affiliation: Trumps support among Orthodox Jews was 74%, compared to 23% of Conservative Jews, 20% of Reform and 14% of self-identified secular Jews. Biden was favored by 18% of Orthodox Jews, 72% of Conservative, 78% of Reform and 83% of secular Jews.

As with Americans generally, the number of American Jews who identify as political independents is growing. In the October survey, 53% of respondents identified as Democrats, 14% as Republicans and 25% as independents.

As for Americans generally, 2020 was a year of great change for the countrys Jews.Because of their heavy concentrations in the Northeast, American Jews are estimated to have suffered disproportionate numbers of fatalities during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic also has taken a heavy financial toll: 43% of Jewish households lost a job or experienced a pay cut, compared to 42% of all U.S. adults.

The full scope of the pandemics impact on American Jews, as on Americans generally, has yet be determined.

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In a usual year, this week in January would see a calendar filled with events connected to the National Western Stock Show and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But this is not a usual year. Most MLK events have moved online; find out more about Denver's MLK lineup here, and Aurora's here. And Honoring the Legacy has rounded up Stock Show entertainment into a virtual corral.

While the Phipps IMAX Theater has reopened, local stages remain dark but both Buntport and Theater 29 are debuting enlightening online entertainment this week. Keep reading for twelve of the best things to do around town this weekend, including watching the premiere of a documentary about the fight for justice for Elijah McClain.

Phipps IMAX Theater Reopening Starting Friday, January 15 Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado BoulevardLast week the DMNS reopened the Planetarium; this week the IMAX Theater returns, taking the audience to the middle of the action to explore the newest frontiers in science and some of natures wildest places on a three-story-high screen. The lineup includes Hidden Pacific 3D, Into Americas Wild 3D and Superpower Dogs 3D; get the complete schedule and ticket prices here.

"Hope Onto Many"Starting Friday, January 15, 6 p.m.Boulder Ballet presents the debut of a five-minute original dance film created byLance Hardin and Ray Bailey TV, with music by Michael Shulze, in collaboration with Chautauqua in the fall of 2020. It will be released on January 15 and can be streamed through January 31; tickets are donation-based, and all funds go to support Boulder Ballet. Find out more here.

LOOK: Video Plays for Uncertain Times Starting Friday, January 15, 7 p.m.Theater 29 and the Lulubird Project have assembled a group of video plays by Iliana Lucero Barron, James Brunt, Tami Canaday, Collin Hood, Amber Irish, Melissa Lucero McCarl, Pamela Nocerino and Matthew Schultz.The theme and parameters of LOOK were devised by Theater 29 creative director Lisa Wagner Erickson to reflect and incorporate pandemic-prescribed means of communication. I am impressed with how the playwrights and theater artists have incorporated handheld devices into the creative process, using cell phones to rehearse and block their respective video-plays, says Erickson. The collection will debut at 7 p.m. January 15 at theater29denver.com. The show is free to watch, but Theater 29 encourages you to donate to the Denver Actors Fund.

Catch the debut of Cabaret De Profundis or How to Sing While Ugly Crying.

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Cabaret De Profundis or How to Sing While Ugly CryingStarting Friday, January 15, 7 p.m.Buntport Theater Company wasn't able to open this dark-comedy, cabaret-style show last March. Originally created in collaboration with composer/performer Nathan Hall, the script was adapted for the screen and filmed in October (with the crew distanced and masked); now Buntport and Hall are finally sharing the work with audiences. The show debuts on January 15; unlimited viewings are available at $20 per household. Find out more at Buntport.com.

Virtual Orchid ShowcaseSaturday, January 16, through January 22Orchid collectors look forward each year to the annual orchid show at the Denver Botanic Gardens, a jaw-dropping display of delicate blooms. But after COVID-19 changed everything, the event had to be canceled in 2021 almost. Though it wont be the same experience, itll still be a beautiful one: The Virtual Orchid Showcase, which will be spread ingeniously over the DBGs social media platforms, not only promises growing tips, trivia and a kaleidoscopic view of rare orchids, but also people at home a chance to share images of their own otherworldly specimens with the online audience via Twitter on Sunday, January 17. Learn more here.

In Defense of Justice in Denver PremiereSaturday, January 16, 2 p.m.The National Committee for Justice in Denver is hosting the digital premiere of the documentary film In Defense of Justice ; it focuses on the case of Elijah McClain, who died after being stopped by Aurora police on August 24, 2019, as well as the protesters who now face charges for demanding justice for McClain. The viewing is free; register here.

Battle of the Books Saturday, January 16, 5 p.m.As part of its Winter of Reading, Denver Public Library presents Battle of the Books with James Mustich, author of 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die. Five local luminaries will battle to advocate for their favorite books, and attendees will vote to name a champion and have the chance to win book-themed door prizes. Joining Mustich: Governor Jared Polis; city librarian Michelle Jeske; Soul Food Scholar and author Adrian Miller; MSU Denver Chicana/o Studies JTOH director and author Dr. Elizabeth Renee Fajardo; and Manuel Ramos, author of Chicano noir crime fiction. Their books will be announced during the event, which is free on Zoom, but you must register here.

Love in the Time of COVID-19: An Apocalypse Cabaret Saturday, January 16, 7 p.m.Opera on Tap has been hosting an installment of its apocalypse cabaret every month; the theme for January is "Here's Hoping." The show is under an hour, and interactive: You can chat with the performers. It's free to watch on Facebook, but donations are definitely accepted to keep the shows going and help the group's singers through tough times. Join in here.

From Legacy to Possibility: A Virtual Center of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Sunday, January 17, and Monday, January 18The Dairy Arts Center is hosting live programming celebrating MLK throughout the weekend, including a public poetry workshop, virtual slam poetry performances, cinema, music and more! The events kick off with a poetry workshop with Assetou Xango at 10 a.m. Sunday.All programming is free; find a schedule and register here.

Consumed: Tales Inspired by the Wendigo Sunday, January 17, 6 p.m.From desolate snowy mountains and apocalyptic wastelands to New York's sex clubs and virtual encounters, the Denver Horror Collective brings you visions of horror inspired by the Wendigo.Headliners Steve Rasnic Tem (Lakewood resident and winner of the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, and British Fantasy Awards) and Dana Fredsti (author of the Plague Town trilogy), along with Colorado dark scribes P.L. McMillan and Christophe Maso, will read excerpts from their Consumed stories set to chilling video and unnerving musical backgrounds; other contributors will discuss their works. The event is free; get the Zoom link through DenverHorror.com.

Adrian Miller is busy this month.

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Of the Spirit: Conversation About Faith, Race and Ethnicity Sunday, January 17, 7 p.m.Adrian Miller, executive director of Colorado Council of Churches (and a busy man this week) will moderate the third online Changing the Legacy of Race & Ethnicity panel conversation hosted by Colorado Humanities, with Reverend Diana Thompson, a Kaikyoshi minister at the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple; Reverend Joan Bell-Haynes, executive regional minister of the Central Rocky Mountain Region Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Carlos Zarur, who's taught in the University of Colorado anthropology department and the Jewish Studies Program and is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation on Sephardic Jews in Syria and Lebanon; and Kamel Elwazeir, president of the Islamic Society of Colorado Springs. Sign up for the free program at coloradohumanities.org.

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A second location of Jewish deli and restaurant the General Muir opened over the weekend at the City Springs development in Sandy Springs. Until the health crisis ends, the restaurant will only be open Wednesday through Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Part of Rye Restaurants group, owned by chef Todd Ginsberg, Jennifer and Ben Johnson, and Shelley Sweet, the menu and layout mostly mirror the original Emory Point location on Clifton Road. At 25 percent smaller than Emory Point, the Sandy Springs restaurant features a walk-up deli counter and pastry case. Seating in the dining rooms remains at half capacity during the pandemic, with reservations highly encouraged (and likely required on weekends) to eliminate wait times. Tables include service flags in order to limit interactions between staff and diners. Online ordering for takeout and curbside pick-up are also available. Delivery will eventually launch via DoorDash.

We are opening almost exactly a year behind schedule. I would attribute 6 to 8 months of that delay to the pandemic pressing pause for 3 months while we focused on our other restaurants that were operating, Jennifer Johnson tells Eater. [There were] delays in permitting because of government office closures and delays in construction due to issues with sourcing and shipping materials.

The General Muir, which first opened at Emory Point in 2013, serves deli favorites like reubens, pastrami sandwiches, tuna melts, and turkey clubs paired with matzoh ball soup, along with open-faced bagel sandwiches and spaghetti suppers on Sunday evenings. The opening dinner menu features a few new dishes, including brisket with spaetzle and a spicy sea bass stew, inspired by the Sephardic white fish dish chraime. Unlike Emory Point, the Sandy Springs restaurant serves the General Muirs popular Friday Night fried chicken nightly for dinner.

The deli and pastry counter sells freshly baked breads and bagels from TGM Bread, cakes, cookies, and a selection of prepared salads as well as grab-and-go coffee and coffee drinks.

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Rye Restaurants group owns the General Muir, Freds Meat and Bread, Yalla, Woods Chapel BBQ, and TGM Bread. The groups micro food hall the Canteen closed last May after three years in Midtown due to an unrecoverable loss of revenue and lack of rent relief stemming from the ongoing health crisis. West Egg Cafe, owned by the Johnsons and Sweet, is not part of Rye Restaurants.

The General Muir joins the Select, second locations of Caf Vendme and Flower Child, and Vietnamese restaurant Nam Kitchen from Alex Kinjo of MF Sushi at City Springs.

Hours throughout the pandemic Wednesday - Sunday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Limited dine-in service. Reservations highly recommended, likely required on weekends. Order online for takeout. Delivery planned via DoorDash. Masks required.

6405 Blue Stone Road, Ste 240, Sandy Springs. thegeneralmuir.com.

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Memories can be beautiful, croons Babs, and yet, / Whats too painful to remember, / We simply choose to forget. But sometimes even Barbra Streisand gets it wrong. Moshe Ehrenberg, a retired ophthalmologist now living in Jerusalem, has had to recalibrate some childhood memories deliberately skewered by his parents, to shield him from a truth too terrible to reveal.Ehrenberg recalls that while growing up in Brooklyn a relative from California regularly turned up to visit. Moshe was young; he didnt chat much to the tall, elegantly dressed uncle with the gentle demeanor who passed through their home en route to somewhere else, looking preoccupied. He was headed, so the story went, for Israel. In the fifties and sixties there were no direct flights from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv; Uncle Gedalya grabbed the opportunity to spend time with his brother in New York.But Gedalya Ehrenberg actually never landed in the just-born Jewish state; this smokescreen hid a truth too brutal for a little boy to grasp. Gedalya was bound for Poland, the country of his birth. And not because he hankered for Warsaws bright lights. Ehrenbergs native land held only one attraction for him: it was where his young daughter had gone missing.In 1945, when Gen. George Pattons Third Army liberated Dachau, Gedalya was 38 years old. He weighed 32 kilograms. His wife and three of his children had been murdered in Auschwitz; one of his four brothers had disappeared, another was killed by the Nazis. All that remained of his once-thriving family was brother Abraham Ehrenberg; the two survived Dachau together.But Gedalya clung to a glimmer of hope. Prior to the war he had somehow managed to hand over his baby daughter to Aleksander Paprota, a Polish Gentile, together with a whopping sum of money.Keep her safe for me, implored the father, and if I survive I will come back for her.(I interrupt this account with a personal aside: Last night, during bedtime for my grandchildren, I told my daughter this story. Miriam Sura was three when her father deposited her for safekeeping. We looked at our babies playing happily in their bath, and our minds simply blanked. We have grown up on Holocaust horrors; we know the inconceivable facts. And yet we know nothing. What did Gedalya pack for his Miriam, in her little suitcase? Her favorite doll, her toothbrush? A warm sweater for Polish winters? How did he say goodbye; did he return for a very last kiss? Where did he go from the Polish mans home; how did he put foot in front of foot? Was his wife, Chana, still alive? Did she scream, did she hug her remaining sons? Did the siblings know that their sister was safe? Did they know that they were soon to die? How do we wrap our minds around words that reverberate with agony?... I, for one, dont know.)

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IN MEMORIAMSheldon Adelsons death sparks tributes from a wide range of figuresIn this Dec. 7, 2019, file photo, Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson sits onstage before President Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Fla.

Sheldon Adelsons death yesterday at age 87 set off a wave of tributes and memorials from figures in both the U.S. and Israel acquainted with the hugely influential businessman, philanthropist and major Republican donor. The billionaire casino mogul hadannouncedjust last week that he was undergoing treatment again for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, for which he first sought treatment in early 2017.

Across oceans:Minutes after Adelsons death was announced, Miriam Adelsonreleased a tributeto her late husband, noting that they had both grown up on coasts in Boston and Haifa. Together we sailed across oceans, pushed back the Pearl River Delta to help develop Macaos future, recreated the Venice lagoon canals in Las Vegas. To me, Sheldon had power and depth and mystery like the sea. His devotion lifted me up, like waves, through challenges both personal and professional. And now he is gone. The supporting waters have vanished heavenward. Only a vast, dry seabed remains. The loss is colossal. Farewell, my darling, my one true love. After gaining and giving so much, you have earned this rest.

Presidential prose:A statement issued by the White Housesaid thatAdelson tirelessly advocated for the relocation of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem, the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and the pursuit of peace between Israel and its neighbors. In his own statement, Vice President Mike Penceinvoked a bible verse: When Abner fell, King David said, Do you not know that a leader and a great man has fallen in Israel this day? Sheldon Adelson was a leader and a great man, whose legacy will inspire generations for years to come.

Silver State:Democrats in Nevada praised Adelsons contributions to the state, with Rep.Susie Lee(D-NV)citinghis familys decades-long commitment to addressing opioid abuse and support of the Jewish community in Nevada. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)said that Adelsons efforts to combat addiction and substance abuse in the Silver State changed the lives of many and that the two were able to find common ground on addressing antisemitism. Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) alsopaid tributeto Adelson, noting the Las Vegas Sands CEOs contributions to Nevadas economy.

View from Jerusalem:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close ally of Adelson, remembered him as an incredible champion of the Jewish people, the Jewish state and the alliance between Israel and America. Defense Minister Benny Gantzsaid Adelsons contribution to the State of Israel, global Jewry and Jewish continuity at large was significant and has left an indelible mark, while Opposition Leader Yair Lapidpraisedhis financial support of Yad Vashem, Birthright, and other ventures that strengthened the heritage of the Jewish people.

Zeldin weighs in:Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, toldJewish Insiders Marc Rod yesterday that Adelson leaves behind a legacy of patriotism and philanthropy, as well as support for the Jewish state. It was a lifetime of service to country in uniform, right to the end Ive seen him in so many different rooms where he was just so passionately all in on causes, wanting to do everything he can to help. Zeldin added that Adelson had many admirers, but had a special personal connection with so many he motivated Whether he was meeting somebody for the first time or saying hello to an old friend, he was one of those rare humans where, when hes on location greeting people, the line will quickly be 10, 20, 30 deep just for the opportunity to say hello.

Unique introduction:Maniv Mobility founder Michael Granoffrecalledmeeting Adelson at an AIPAC event close to two decades ago. Adelson introduced himself as Sheldon Adelson the Third, Granoff tweeted. When Granoff appeared confused, Adelson said, Buffett. Gates. Me. Im the third richest person in the world! Adelson may have lacked humility, but he made up for it in generosity and whatever differences some of us may have occasionally had with his politics, the Jewish world does owe him a debt of gratitude for that, Granoff wrote.

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Wednesday Jan 13th, 2021

BALTIMORE, MD (Wednesday, January 13, 2021) Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is prepared to resume weekly residential recycling collections on Tuesday, January 19, 2021.

"I have been clear that restoring recycling services, a core basic function of City government, is a top priority. At the same time, we have had to be extremely thoughtful to keep our DPW employees and contractors safe, while ensuring we can sustainably keep this service up and running. I've initiated weekly RecycleStat meetings to monitor recycling and trash pickup and ensure residents get the services they deserve," said Mayor Brandon M. Scott. "Only 15% of our population recycles. I want Baltimore to use the restart of services to dramatically increase that number as we work to divert recycling from our landfills and build a more environmentally sustainable City."

Get Ready to Recycle

As the City's recycling services prepare to resume on January 19, DPW reminds residents:

Residents are encouraged to visit https://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov/recycling-services for information on recycling services, and locations and hours of operation.

DPW to Employ Digitized Collection Routes

Further, the Bureau of Solid Waste has implemented RUBICONSmartCity routing software that digitizes trash and recycling routes, allowing collection crews to cover routes more effectively.

The RUBICON system digitizes existing operations including electronic route sheets, pre/post-trip inspections, scale tickets, and route details.

"The implementation of RUBICONSmartCity technology provides Solid Waste drivers with turn-by-turn information," said Matthew W. Garbark, Acting Director of the Department of Public Works. "This new technology is especially beneficial to new drivers servicing unfamiliar neighborhoods."

Community Collection Centers to Continue Through February

As recycling collections resume on a weekly basis, DPW will continue to operate Community Collection Centers in each of the 14 City Council Districts two days a week through the month of February.

Nearly six months ago on August 31, 2020, DPW suspended curbside recycling service due to the impact of COVID-19 on the Department's Bureau of Solid Waste workforce. To continue to provide City residents with recycling opportunities, DPW created and opened recycling Collection Centers in each of the City's Council Districts.

"These temporary Community Collection Centers have been popular amongst residents during the suspension of recycling services and DPW appreciates the efforts residents have taken to continue to recycle during this time," continued Mayor Scott.

Beginning Wednesday, January 20, the community Collection Centers will begin to operate on a modified schedule, opening only two days per week: Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Collection Centers will continue to operate through February 27, 2021. Members of the public are encouraged to note that recycling items left at Collection Centers after hours will be considered illegal dumping.

For information on locations and hours of operation for the recycling Community Collection Centers, please visit: https://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov/recyclecenters.

Beginning January 19, the five permanent Citizens' Convenience Centers will close at 5 p.m. instead of 7 p.m.

Supporting Our Solid Waste Workers

As DPW continues to focus on managing the collection of curbside recycling, to strengthen its existing workforce, the Bureau of Solid Waste seasonal maintenance aides (temporary positions) have been converted to full-time City employment. These workers have received a pay increase, in addition to benefits.

"Seasonal maintenance aides play a vital role in weekly trash and recycling collections," Mayor Scott said."Converting our seasonal employees to full time proves a win for everyone as DPW has more support for recycling services and as these employees receive the secure wages and needed benefits they deserve, especially during this public health emergency."

In November 2020, the Board of Estimates approved DPW's request to better compensate laborers and CDL drivers.

Forming Partnerships

To help fill the ranks of essential workers in the Department's Bureau of Solid Waste workforce, DPW has partnered with small waste hauling companies and City-based organizations that operate job-training programs to connect hard-to-employ residents with opportunities.

Goode Companies Inc. and Spindler Refuse Service Inc. are currently servicing 1-2 mixed refuse routes per day, while Living Classrooms Foundation Inc. and Roca Inc. are providing laborers to work with DPW crews on routes. DPW is currently coordinating opportunities with additional organizations for staffing options.

This press release was produced by the City of Baltimore. The views expressed here are the author's own.

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