Lifestyle, Motherhood, and Small Inspirations
“Ovadia’s Fast and Healthy Tahini Cookies” was published on his school’s website today. (Proud Ima 😉) We make these often, which take roughly 30 minutes or less (great when you have a baby in the house) and are a nice homemade afternoon snack. (*These can also be done exactly the same with Peanut Butter. I …
Hi there, near and far. All I can open this post with is...what strange times we are in! I think everyone believed back in April and May that by late summer things would start shaping up. My parents were supposed to fly in this week to be with us for the kid's August vacation. They wanted …
Continue reading "Jerusalem women discuss Shabbat, Mikveh, and Teshuva (Repentance)."
Quiche, in all its beauty! So much to say, but so little time. Quiche was my first "real dish". It brought me from being a very, very amateur cook at 20 years-old first learning the basic steps of cooking from Alton Brown's show "Good Eats" (which at the time, before Youtube, my brother sent me …
Continue reading "Vegetable Quiche with Homemade Crust (Includes a Pesach version!)"
Meet, again, Rahel Kima! Some of you might remember my post about my beloved prenatal yoga teacher, which was written back in 2016. Since then, b"h, I have passed two more pregnancies with Rahel's calming and centering classes, which I finally understood are, as she quotes, "An eclectic mix of everything I love, and that …
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Hi dear friends and followers...happy almost Purim 🙂 It's going to be a short post today, but this has been a long time coming and I can't wait any longer on this post! I want to introduce you all to a new singer I came across recently, Anat Malamud, who has really opened up my …
It has been awhile since I have been able to write on Modest Jerusalem. I like to think that my breaks from posting are those times of reflection, exploring, taking in the world (aka regular daily life!) and waiting for the right time to let it all out and share. Sometimes it comes out in …
I am really excited about this post. It might even be years in the making. I have been shopping in secondhand and vintage stores for at least 15 years, and my best wardrobe pieces and shoes are definitely high quality, secondhand picks from shops and markets from around the world, and here in Israel. Of …
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Shabbat tables in Israel are full of salads. From the standard Israeli salad of cucumbers and tomatoes, to Moroccan matbucha, pickled beets, hummus and tahina. The list goes on. Many are easy. Many are not. Some have so many steps of frying, baking, cutting, and cooling...it is almost impossible for a busy mother to even attempt …
Everyone has that go to dish when the fridge is getting empty, you forgot to defrost meat or fish, and you want a quick and healthy lunch or dinner...that hopefully your kids will eat. If I take out the healthy part, it is usually pita/laffa pizza or some kind of pasta thrown together. But when …
Continue reading "Mujadara (Arabic Rice, Lentils and Onions)"
https://youtu.be/oGcjXTtGHM4 With Yom Yerushalayim/Jerusalem Day approaching this upcoming Sunday (May 13th), I would like to put it out there, that there are many ways to show your love for the city on this day. In recent years, a variety of events have been happening around the title of "Jerusalem Day of Diversity" or an "Alternative …
