About the Author


Carol Ungar

Carol Ungar is a writer, mom, bubbie, and avid challah baker. She's the author of Jewish Soul Food--Traditional Fare and What it Means (Brandeis 2015) the first and only cookbook that not only shows you how to cook Jewish but tells you why. You can also find her on Substack. 


Soul on Fire: The Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel

A haunting new film revisits Elie Wiesel’s journey—from Auschwitz survivor to Nobel laureate—reminding us of memory, faith, and the duty to bear witness.

Henrietta Szold: The Woman Who Built Hadassah

How one woman’s vision transformed healthcare in Israel and sparked a worldwide women’s movement that continues to save lives today.

Reckonings: The Controversy behind Germany’s Reparations for Nazi Atrocities

A documentary unearths the explosive controversy over Holocaust reparations—fierce protests, political clashes, and a moral reckoning that split survivors, Israel, and postwar Germany apart.

Rabbi Shimon Huberband & Preserving the Truth About the Holocaust

The relatively unknown martyr who bridged the gap between the religious and non-religious as a member of a clandestine organization who defied odds to record Polish Jewry’s final chapter.

Creative Challah Shapes

Mount Sinai-shaped challah and more.

Foods of Mourning

Na’an, Majadara, Rakot Krumpi and other interested dishes suitable for this time of the year.

Sweet Dishes for Rosh Hashanah

Add these delectable recipes to your Rosh Hashanah table.

Exotic Hanukkah Foods

Try something a little different – and very yummy!

A Delicious Tu B’Shvat

Eating fruits on Tu B’Shvat is easy with these recipes.

Sweet Delicacies for Rosh Hashanah

Including Teiglach, a specialty dessert that’s worth the effort.

Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family Revolutionized Jewish Children's Literature

Warm, intimate and full of fun, I adopted Taylor’s fictional family as my own make-believe family.

The American Murdered in the 1929 Hebron Massacre

Surprising his non-religious family, Memphis-born David Shainberg, 23, left Wharton School of Business to learn Torah in the Land of Israel in 1928.

Cottage Cheese Flatbread

Simple high protein, low carb flatbread.

5 Jewish Facts About Cottage Cheese

Fun finds about trending cottage cheese in time for Shavuot.

Healthier Edible Cookie Dough

High protein, gluten free cookie dough you’ll want to keep on hand.

Miracle Morning

Hal Elrod’s morning practices get your day started off right. Most of them are part of daily Jewish life.

How to Keep Your Kids Safe in a Digital World

Practical advice from Professor Devorah Heitner’s bestselling new book, Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World.

Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms

Why Holocaust survivors flocked to chicken farms after the war.

Holding God's Hand

Looking the Angel of Death in the eye and smiling.

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