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    Just 50 miles from the world’s most infamous Nazi death camp, the city of Krakow, Poland, is “always in the shadow of Auschwitz,” says Jakub Nowakowski, director of the city’s Galicia Jewish Museum.

    “And true, Galicia is a place that has a lot of stories about death … but what people may not realize is this place was at one time the absolute center of Jewish life,” he said of the region on the Polish-Ukrainian border, where Jews spoke Yiddish and comprised 10 percent of the population until the early 20th century.

    A traveling exhibit from the Galicia Jewish Museum, now at the Marin JCC in San Rafael, tells the story of how Jewish Galicia is remembered.

    http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67188/photos-of-polish-galicia-a-window-into-prewar-jewish-life/
    Photo: Just 50 miles from the world’s most infamous Nazi death camp, the city of Krakow, Poland, is “always in the shadow of Auschwitz,” says Jakub Nowakowski, director of the city’s Galicia Jewish Museum. “And true, Galicia is a place that has a lot of stories about death … but what people may not realize is this place was at one time the absolute center of Jewish life,” he said of the region on the Polish-Ukrainian border, where Jews spoke Yiddish and comprised 10 percent of the population until the early 20th century. A traveling exhibit from the Galicia Jewish Museum, now at the Marin JCC in San Rafael, tells the story of how Jewish Galicia is remembered. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67188/photos-of-polish-galicia-a-window-into-prewar-jewish-life/
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    December 5
    Getting ready for Chanukah? How about some celebratory Chanukah cocktails? One example:

    "Chanukah Gift"

    Serves 1

    3 oz. (6 Tbs.) chocolate vodka

    1⁄2 oz. (1 Tbs.) Sabra (chocolate-orange flavored liqueur)

    ...
    small chocolate gelt coin, chocolate kiss or chocolate Baton (unwrapped)

    Add ice, vodka and Sabra in a cocktail shaker. Shake well. Strain into martini or cocktail glass. Garnish with chocolate candy.

    More here:
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    November 30
    With a meager $31.50 budget to cover a week's worth of food, Bay Area Rabbi James Greene took part in the national Food Stamp Challenge, an experience he says helped him better understand what it's like for the 50 million Americans who live with food insecurity.

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    Photo: With a meager $31.50 budget to cover a week's worth of food, Bay Area Rabbi James Greene took part in the national Food Stamp Challenge, an experience he says helped him better understand what it's like for the 50 million Americans who live with food insecurity. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67181/rabbis-challenge-1-week-on-a-food-stamp-budget/
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