Challah Magazine

29/09/2022

Starting this year off on with a word on Jews and Monogamy: A Love Story by Golda Gross.

💍 // "King Solomon famously had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. Abraham, the founding father of Judaism, had two wives, and Jacob, his grandson, had four. So how did a tribe rooted in polygamy grow into a monogamous religious system?" // 🤍

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE 👇
https://www.challahmagazine.com/read/jews-and-monogamy%3A-a-love-story

25/09/2022

🍏 Shanah Tova and Chag Sameach to our wonderful Jewish family of followers! 🍎Jordyn has prepared some Rosh Hashanah prompts for you to think about as a reflection on the year we are closing and aspirations for the year to come.

We hope they will serve you well 💭

ℹ As for Challah and what's to come for us...we will be sharing the last article for this cohort of writers after Rosh Hashana and then we will be taking a little break to breathe in the festivals at this holy time of year. We have had a blast meeting writers from all over to bring you steady Challah bites and we hope to see you back on the feed in a couple of months time!

Yaffa & Jordyn 🍯🐝

21/08/2022

🔡 // NEW ARTICLE: Repeat, Print and Click: The Transformation of Jewish Learning // 🔡 By Hadassah Wendl 🖊

https://www.challahmagazine.com/read/repeat%2C-print-and-click%3A-the-transformation-of-jewish-learning

"The vast amount of Jewish knowledge available to us through digital media is a great opportunity to delve into Jewish learning, but traditional learning modes characteristic of Mishnaic and Talmudic times might not be the most suitable ones now."

Head to our website to keep reading!

02/08/2022

🔡 // NEW ARTICLE: The (Ivory) Tower of Bavel: Examining the Torah’s account of language development from the perspective
of modern Linguistics. // 🔡 By Emmett Stone 🖊

https://www.challahmagazine.com/read/the-(ivory)-tower-of-bavel 🔗

"...If the world was created in Hebrew (Bereshis Rabba), did all the other early languages exist at the same time with everyone understanding each of them until they were scattered (Megilla of Talmud Yerushalmi)? Or was there only one language, with the rest spontaneously created after the Tower of Bavel incident (Koheles; Rashi)? Alternatively, were the people just geographically scattered with language diverging naturally (Ibn Ezra)?"

Head to our website to keep reading!

29/07/2022

🌗 C H O D E S H T O V 🌙

The month of Av has the zodiac sign of the Lion, swipe for our monthly prompts on how to reconcile the two greatest emotions we feel in this month. 🦁

13/07/2022

Why is kashrut meaningful? Are we really what we eat?

This month, we hear it from Gabriel about having a connection with Kashrut. Weitz provides us with a fresh take on the mindset behind keeping kosher, a topic that can be hard to chew on in a consumerist society.

Read the article today: https://www.challahmagazine.com/read/ingesting-a-mitzvah%3A-eating-our-way-to-a-better-world

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30/06/2022

🦀 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz calls for introspection, but what lessons can we learn from a crab? 🦀

Swipe for some prompts to think about this month. Chodesh tov ✨🌔🌌

21/06/2022

This month we have a hot take for you hungry Jewish minds. Learn from digital artist, Mike Wirth, how he reconciles Judaism and NFTs. 👾✡

Tuck in! 🔗 https://www.challahmagazine.com/read/spiritual-pixels%3A-reconciling-judaism-and-nfts

17/06/2022

Check out our latest update - tasty things come to those who wait!

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Stay tuned for the release of our next article Spiritual Pixels: Reconciling Judaism and NFTs, a fascinating read by digital artist and Jewish Futurist, Mike Wirth.

This is also a sweet adios and see you later to our editor and good friend Sam - good luck in your ventures and for your quality contributions!

Shabbat Shalom 😁

03/06/2022

After counting the Omer from Pesach through Nisan and Iyar, we arrive in Sivan and finally reach Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, tomorrow night after Shabbat.

Shavuot is the day that marks the birth of our nation as a people. Enter the weekend with some thoughts from Editor in Chief and writer .

Chag Sameach 🕊

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31/05/2022

Kicking off our digital relaunch in time for Rosh Chodesh is Golda discussing the timelessness of Shabbat through the lens of zemirot. Taking us on a journey through the ages, Golda shows us just how impactful these jovial tunes can be.

Have you checked out our latest space yet? Click the READ tab to read this article and to find a new post each month!

What’s your favourite song to break out at the Shabbat table?


Image credit: Edmond Dulac, Beauty and the Beast, 1910

27/05/2022

Our new batch of challahs is fresh out the oven…

Next week, on Rosh Chodesh Sivan, our first new article will be hitting your screens!

We’re going full digital from now on - so you can expect a fresh new article every three weeks, ready to get you thinking and reflecting on what it means to be a Jew in today’s world.

If you would like to subscribe to Challah for extra content, reach out to us at [email protected]!

07/04/2022

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09/03/2022

EVENT 9 March | Are you a Manchester based reader? This one's for you!

The Jewish Culture Club at the Manchester Jewish Museum will be discussing Challah Issue 02 and the themes of Purim within it. The event will run 6:15pm - 7:30pm.

Follow the link to find out more information and contact Gemma Meek at the museum to attend in-person!

https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/activitie/jewish-culture-club-march-2022/

This March we’ll be flicking through Challah Magazine – a publication by and for young Jewish adults to explore their Jewishness. Jewish Culture Club is a group for anyone who wants to explore contemporary Jewish Culture – from books, TV, film, music, fashion, art and more!

09/02/2022

📨// The Challah is ready and coming in hot // 📨

You know what to do!! Head to your inboxes to read the issue.

🎉Mazal tov!! 🥳

08/02/2022

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04/02/2022

Shabbat Shalom Challah Lovers!

🥯 // This issue you'll get special insights into making the Ultimate Vegan Challah by Charlie Hillman, our resident baker and chef trying out all things delicious and sharing them with us! //🥯

Charlie's Instagram is dedicated to all his foodie creations, follow him for photos of cakes and all sorts of things that’ll make you drool and tag us if you make his Challah creations!

03/02/2022

🌐 // “Language is a tool - an essential tool that forms the bedrock of communities, nations, and relationships, but a tool nonetheless. As a result, language is whatever we need it to be.” // 🌐

In issue 03 Jordyn explores how "Yiddish has been weaved into the Jewish identities of so many Jews that it can no longer be separated."

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02/02/2022

🎨//In our creator spotlight Issue 03 we present Black Cat Judaica.// 🎨

Living in rural Vermont, Nelly produces fine Judaica, crafted from the very land they live on, from the finished products right down to the tools that craft them. We love that Hiddur mitzvah - beautifying mitzvot - is a central value of theirs.
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01/02/2022

🐟 //Adar is the month of Joy and mazal - good fortune. //🐟

Chodesh Tov!

🌒 The mazal of the Jewish people is strongest in Adar and it is also the month of completion. Just like the moon becomes full in Adar, we can tap into our full potential, remove negativity, and improve ourselves as we draw closer to the end of the lunar calendar. 🌑

Next week we will be releasing Issue 03! Make sure to check your inbox this evening for a special preview for subscribers...

20/01/2022

📜 // "We speak to make ourselves understood, and since the leap of faith is incomprehensible to anyone who is not making it, it cannot be spoken of." // 📜

In Issue 03 we revisit the stories of our patriarchs starting with Avraham and Akeidas Yitzchack by Joseph Alfon.

🗣 // About the writer //🗣
Joseph is an undergraduate studying Maths and Philosophy at Warwick University. In the past couple of years he has been leaning more towards the philosophical aspects of my degree, and is most interested in questions about the limits of what can be expressed in language and how, if at all, we can transcend these limits. Alfon hopes one day to become an academic to pursue these interests further, and hopefully engage more in philosophy teaching and outreach to encourage others to reflect more upon their lives.

🔴// Subscribe for early access to the online issue this February! //🔴

17/01/2022

🆕 This week we will be sharing teasers filled with sparks of inspiration from within the third issue of . 🆕

📜This issue features a poem from a challah member who anonymously shares their struggle for uniqueness in a relationship with the divine... come along for the ride and put your notifications on for further posts and sneak peeks! 🔔

13/01/2022

🤲Challah Magazine returns for round 3. 🕊️

We are a collective of young Jewish artists, writers and thinkers. A tapestry of perspectives. We are mindfully interwoven. We are text-lite, visual heavy. We are for Jews, by young Jews.

Challah Magazine presents Issue 03.

Subscribe today. 📥📨

11/01/2022

We have enjoyed a week of month of Shvat as this time of year has come around again. Shvat is the month in which we celebrate the birthday of the trees on Tu B'Shvat. 🌲

Take this is your reminder to go for a walk in nature, to listen, look and breath in the outdoors, to show gratitude to the one above for the divine creations that keep our planet and us alive each day. 🙏🏽

Care to share your Shvat with us or something new that you've noticed on a walk? If you have something that you would like to add to our pages please DM us!

06/01/2022

🗣New spaces coming 2022. Open to influence. Get in touch to host, perform, or get involved.🎙

14/12/2021

Tevet has many somber occasions associated with it.

It is the month in which Esther was taken into Achashverosh’s palace; the month where the Torah was translated into Greek; the month of the infamous siege of Jerusalem which led to the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash.

The very character trait associated with the month is anger. And yet, its name shares a root with “tov” - what’s so good about Tevet? Evidently, everything. But in this month, Hashem challenges us to look for the good.

We start the month with the last days of Channukah, where every house is filled with more light than the rest of the whole year. A message to us that even though we are entering a month of darkness and cold, we have to cling to the light and reveal it at every opportunity we get - no matter how hidden it seems.

05/12/2021

A few snaps from Challah Live 3.0 last Thursday.

We are so grateful for the warm and encouraging crowd that turned out to listen to stories from the speakers under the glow of the Chanukah lights.

We hope to bring more live to you in 2022!

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01/12/2021

Happy Chanukah ✨