(JTA) — JERUSALEM — When the Tel Aviv light rail opened in the summer of 2023, it shaved travel time from the city’s southern neighborhoods to the haredi Orthodox city of Bnei Brak to just 20 minutes.

Cholent, the Ashkenazi slow-baked stew of meat, beans and potatoes that is simmered overnight for stress-free Sabbath dining, is really supposed to be eaten on Saturday. But this was Sunday morning, ...

A stewed dish cooked very low and slow, cholent has roots in the Jewish Sabbath. This ancient stew directly inspired the Crock-Pot – and maybe... Cholent: The Original Slow-Cooked Dish This chilly ...

Bnei Brak to distribute cholent at Thursday night vaccine drive In bid to raise city’s inoculation rate, municipality advertises late-night event with free bowls of the traditional stew, bread rolls ...

The first time I came face to face — or rather, spoon to mouth — with a bowl of cholent, at the age of 24, I had no idea what it was. While I was growing up in a nonobservant home, my family had no ...

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A hearty dish that is filling but not fancy, cholent is in line with Yom Kippur’s solemn theme. As it can be prepared hours in advance, cholent is a practical dish for home cooks who want to avoid the ...

On Friday afternoons at the turn of the century on New York’s Lower East Side, young Jewish boys would take their mother’s freshly assembled Sabbath stew — cholent — to nearby bakeries to be cooked ...