Kol Nidre

Kol Nidre

Yom Kippur Begins with Kol Nidre (in English and Italian) “Kol Nidre,” These are  Aramaic words that begin a Jewish ritual that we Jews have done for 1,000 (one thousand) years.   Kol Nidre sono  le parole aramaiche con le quali comincia un ritulale ebraico che noi...
Rosh HaShanah Seder

Rosh HaShanah Seder

The Rosh HaShanah Seder – Who Knew?  As an Italian Jew I always knew my traditions were different from  my Ashkenazi friends whose families came from Central and Eastern Europe. So different that I still blush when I think of the time when  I included couscous at my...