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About Onecakebaker

Author of a memoir called The Girl On the Wall, and working on a novel. Former Synagogue president, gardener, empty nester. Raising bees.

Follow this link to JewishGen annual report

http://issuu.com/jewishgen/docs/2011_update/28 Jewishgen is perhaps the largest group of Jewish Genealogists in the US, maybe the world. But saying the world is kind of misleading, too, because JewishGen exists on the Internet, and it is international

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Nice Picture! Thanks, Boris Feldman

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Join me as a member of The Forward

Join me as a member of The Forward I did just become a member of The Forward, but I’m also curious: How many of you out there keep charity spreadsheets? Do they help? Do you work with your spouse on … Continue reading

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After decades, family unravels Holocaust mystery – World News

After decades, family unravels Holocaust mystery – World News

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Extra-City-Kid Perception

Published in a glossy publication. Very stoked! Extra-City-Kid Perception_Scooter Fall 2013 Vol. 3 No. 1

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October 3: Sukkahs!

I have been building Sukkahs for 27 years. It was my mother’s pride and joy that she had a daughter who 1, had a private house so they could build a sukkah, and 2, had enough Jewish identity to bother. … Continue reading

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Mending Road

Over at Congregation Etz Chayim, we are finally taking care of some major bumps we have in the driveway. They were put there by a shamel ash, or Mexican Ash, Latin name of fraxinus uhdei, which is pronounced Frax-in-nuss You-dee-eye. … Continue reading

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Teriyaki Cholent with Tofu

California Teriyaki Tofu Cholent I served this at the Etz Chayim Oneg October 5, to many requests for the recipe.  It’s creamy and chewy and hearty, without having any meat in it.  You make it in a crockpot, starting the … Continue reading

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Honey Cake Pops

August 31, 2013 If you hung around to help clean up a week ago Sunday, you got served some Honey Cake Pops on August 25th at Congregation Etz Chayim’s religious school’s Rosh Hashanah celebration called “The Shofar is Calling You.” … Continue reading

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How I got to work with Atari

This post is an excerpt from the book I’m working on. In 1984 I thought I should work at Atari too, alongside my husband Leonard and his brothers. After all, I had a Barnard degree, had played a lot of … Continue reading

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