👩🏼‍🍳 Cooking With Tal Baum

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Ups and downs

April 3 (5 Nisan Adar 5785)

Two steps forward:

🗣️ During a 24-hour agelong reside connected nan level of nan US Senate, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) proclaimed, “Hineni” (I americium here).

Booker later told Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) “I’m grateful that we were founders of nan Black-Jewish Caucus. … The Juneteenth seder’s coming up.”

One measurement back:

🎗️ In an interview pinch 3 released hostages, “60 Minutes” big Lesley Stahl asked Keith Siegle if Hamas starved him because nan captors were retired of food. Stahl is Jewish.

“They were beating maine and starving me,” Siegel said.

Stahl followed up: “Do you deliberation they starved you because they conscionable didn’t person food?”

Siegel recounted: “No, I deliberation they starved me, and they would often eat successful beforehand of maine and not connection maine food.”

And, a caller low?

😡 Texas Rep. Keith Self sparked outrage during a legislature proceeding connected alleged censorship by quoting Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, drafting crisp disapproval from Democratic colleagues.

⭐ This week we’re bringing you positive Jewish news from Atlanta – from Intown mahjong events to Passover pinch restauranteur Tal Baum. If you’re pursuing nan antisemitism laws successful Sandy Springs, we person an update connected that, too. As always, acknowledgment for reading.

Y’alla,Logan

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JenChan’s Mahjong Mondays

🀄️ Since its inception six years ago, JenChan’s, a quirky small restaurant in Atlanta’s Cabbagetown neighborhood, has been astir 1 thing: bringing group together to eat supper.

“We conscionable consciousness very powerfully astir really sentimental it is to beryllium together and eat,” Emily Chan said, who co-owns JenChan’s pinch her wife, Jen. “I deliberation it’s a salve for each nan world’s problems.”

Walk into JenChan’s and you’re met pinch an eclectic paper that includes Chinese burritos, Mexican pizza, and Mongolian beef cheesesteak.

And each different Monday, JenChan’s hosts mahjong, an ancient Chinese game enjoying a resurgence successful cities for illustration Atlanta.

↪️ Read much from Katie Burkholder on what makes JenChan’s guidelines out.

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🤦🏻‍♀️ The National Mahjong League issued a connection this week, apologizing for nan correction successful some nan ample format and modular sized 2025 cards. NML said they will resend nan correct type successful nan adjacent fewer weeks.

Sip, Savor, and Support: The Tasting Experience

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🍷 Jewish Family & Career Services invites you to sip, savor, and support at The Tasting Experience on May 1st! Join JF&CS for an unforgettable night featuring Atlanta’s finest tastes and spirits from apical chefs and distributors, on pinch a silent auction.

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Tal Baum’s lamb shoulder

🍽️ Owner of respective restaurants — including Rina connected nan Beltline — Israeli-born Tal Baum prefers lamb to brisket astatine Passover. And she shared her look pinch Y’alla.

The cardinal to Baum’s lamb enarthrosis look is uncovering grass-fed lamb. While nan look is reasonably elemental to follow, erstwhile cooking nan lamb successful citrus condiment for hours, “deep flavors develop, and nan result is truthful overmuch much than nan sum of nan ingredients.”

“Springtime is nan clip of twelvemonth erstwhile you eat caller produce, and you person a batch of artichokes, peas, fava beans, outpouring garlic, and chives. All those really spell good pinch lamb, and it’s a beautiful accepted crockery to service for Passover backmost successful Israel,” Baum said.

➡ Get Baum’s look here.

Passover giving

💕 The Maos Chitim Fund of Atlanta ensures each Jewish family tin observe Passover pinch pridefulness and dignity. On Sunday, March 30, JF&CS volunteers distributed financial and nutrient assistance to complete 530 households consisting of astir 1,000 individuals.

🫶🏼 Donate to nan Maos Chitim Fund to thief with next Passover.

Sandy Springs sets free reside buffer zones

📍 Sandy Springs City Council approved 3 caller ordinances that metropolis lawyer Dan Lee said would springiness nan constabulary section a greater expertise to protect First Amendment rights.

The ordinances prohibition nan overnight door-to-door soliciting and canvassing, and require a buffer area for entrances to backstage property, Lee said.

Sandy Springs utilized draft ordinances developed by nan Anti-Defamation League to create its ain ordinances. But assembly members, section residents, and nan ACLU of Georgia said nan ordinances whitethorn break First Amendment authorities and whitethorn lead to ineligible challenges.

🧑🏼‍💻 Reporter Bob Pepalis has the full communicative here.

Passover treats for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

🐝 Jamie Hardy Brooker is nan brilliant behind Jack & Mae, a mini business that caters to nan students astatine Georgia Tech. Her civilization baskets for each vacation and juncture bring themed treats astatine times erstwhile students request it nan astir – finals, Valentine’s Day, and moreover Passover.

The Passover handbasket includes Better Goods acheronian cocoa covered almonds, Benton’s coconut macaroons (two plain and two chocolate dipped), Manischewitz consequence flavored candy slices, and an 8-inch plush frog. The sender tin see a individual message, and Brooker and her squad return a photograph of nan student astatine prime up. (Proof of life is ever bully for parents and grandparents of assemblage kids.)

Brooker started nan institution successful 2024 to connection attraction packages, gifts, and services pinch a loving touch, gathering nan needs of nan Yellow Jacket community. The institution is named aft her Yellow Jackets, Jack and Katherine “Mae.”

🌊 The deadline to order a Passover basket is April 10.

U.S. tariffs connected Israeli imports

📌 President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed sweeping world tariffs, including a 17% tariff connected Israeli imports, a move that could raise prices connected immoderate kosher nutrient and Judaica.

The tariffs could effect nan prices you spot connected products made successful Israel — immoderate that you mightiness expect (hummus, Bamba, things made by Osem), but besides others you whitethorn not: Many flavors of nan Nespresso pods I usage are made successful Israel. Israel is besides a awesome exporter of exertion and aesculapian supplies.

➡ Go deeper pinch the full communicative connected nan Forward.

Look & Listen

🏀 Three of nan NCAA Men’s Final Four hoops coaches are Jewish: Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, and Florida’s Todd Golden —marking an historical moment in March Madness.

⁉️ Why are assemblage students acrophobic to define antisemitism?

🍑 Nova Music Festival and Oct. 7 subsister Mazal Tazazo was honored by nan Georgia House of Representatives with a solution commending her “remarkable strength, resilience, and perseverance successful nan look of adversity.”

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What’s doin’ astir town

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🎗️ April 3: Yom HaShoah with 3GATL and YLD at the Breman.

👶🏽 April 5: PJ Library Tot Shabbat Intown for kids 0-5.

📖 April 5: Tot Shabbat in Sandy Springs with Passover communicative time.

🧑‍🧑‍🧒 April 9: You + 2 pinch young leaders from Sharaka. Register.

💼 April 10: JBusiness meets successful Buckhead.

✡️ The adjacent Jewish vacation is Passover. It originates astatine sundown connected Saturday, April 12.

🕯️ Light Shabbat candles this week astatine 7:42 p.m.

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Thank you for your service

🇮🇱 The Georgia House of Representatives honored Anat Sultan-Dadon for her activity arsenic Consul General of Israel to nan Southeastern US arsenic her word nears nan end.

👉🏼 Watch nan video here.