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Partners Aren’t Jewish
Hebrew College will begin admitting and ordaining rabbinical students in inter-
faith relationships, according to new admissions standards revealed on Jan. 31,
JTA.org reported.

The decision makes the pluralistic seminary outside of Boston the second
major rabbinical school in the United States to do away with rules barring
students from dating or marrying non-Jews. The Reconstructionist Rabbinical
College in Wyncote fi rst did so in 2015.

Hebrew College’s decision comes as rabbinical schools compete over a shrink-
ing pool of applicants and after decades of rising rates of intermarriage.

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Hebrew College’s president, said the decision
came amid a broad revision of the seminary’s “guiding principles for admission
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Ohio Investigating a Neo-Nazi Home-schooling Network
Teaching Children to Love Hitler
Ohio’s Department of Education is investigating a home-schooling network that
claims public schools are run by “Zionist scum,” teaches kids to say “Sieg Heil” in
class and instructs fellow parents not to give their kids “Jewish media content,”
JTA.org reported.

These are the more than 2,500 members of the “Dissident Homeschool
Network,” a channel on the social network messaging app Telegram. The “dissi-
dents” are a group of neo-Nazi parents who share home-schooling lesson plans
extolling the virtues of Hitler and white nationalism — while relying on a popular
social media account run by a Jewish woman to provide ammunition for their
hatred. The founders of the group were recently unmasked by a hate group
monitor as a couple in rural Upper Sandusky, Ohio.

“There is absolutely no place for hate-fi lled, divisive and hurtful instruction
in Ohio’s schools, including our state’s home-schooling community,” Stephanie
Siddens, the interim superintendent of public instruction at Ohio’s education
department, told Vice News.

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22, 2022
The French government updated its plan for fi ghting antisemitism and racism,
which will require teachers to receive training on the topic and all French school-
children to visit the site of an antisemitic or racist incident, JTA.org reported.

Those visits could include Holocaust sites, and roving exhibitions about
antisemitism and racism will also be set up in schools, France’s Prime Minister
Elisabeth Borne announced on Jan. 29.

The plan was adopted in 2015 but is required to be updated every three years.

In addition to the educational additions. ■
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Jump on the Butter Board Craze
Linda Morel
I f you’re looking for a fun food to
add to your entertaining repertoire, I
suggest butter boards.

All you have to do is bring butter to
room temperature, smooth it on a flat
surface and sprinkle either sweet or
savory treats on top. A quick chill in
the refrigerator to solidify the butter
slightly makes it easier to handle. Next,
present this satiny spread to your
family or friends.

Butter boards are eaten as hors
d’oeuvres, but I prefer them at
brunches with bagels, challah or toast,
with dinner rolls and baguettes, or as
a sweet afternoon indulgence while
drinking coffee or tea.

Letting your imagination run wild is the
key to creating superior butter boards.

Dessert butter boards can be topped
with chocolate, sugar, nuts, orange
zest and fruit. Savory butter boards are
often dotted with fresh herbs, olives,
paprika and scallions. But feel free to
invent favorite toppings of your own.

I suggest selecting a board that is not
made of a porous material, such as wood.

Wood planks may have bacteria trapped
in their cracks which can mix with the
butter. Marble, slate or ceramic serving
pieces look attractive and are easier to
clean after the butter is consumed.

Butter boards are easy to throw
together. You probably have the ingre-
dients on hand. Surprising and colorful,
they offer a presentation that’s a wow.

Savory Herbed Butter Board |
Dairy Serves 4-6
¼ pound sweet (unsalted) butter
1 teaspoon basil, chopped
1 teaspoon dill, chopped
6 scallions, sliced thin
1 teaspoon parsley, chopped
Kosher salt to taste
Accompaniments: fine white bread,
pumpernickel, plain crackers or a
sliced baguette
Bring the butter to room temperature.

Spread it on a nonporous, preferably
oblong plank. Sprinkle the remaining
ingredients evenly on top. Refrigerate
for 20 minutes before serving.

Serve the butter board with the
bread accompaniments above.

Everything Bagel Butter Board
| Dairy
Serves 4-6
¼ pound sweet (unsalted) butter
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
1 teaspoon minced dried onion
1 teaspoon minced dried onion
A sprinkling of paprika
Accompaniments: plain or whole
wheat bagels, rye bread or
sourdough bread
Bring the butter to room temperature.

Spread it on a nonporous, preferably
oblong plank. Sprinkle the remaining
ingredients evenly on top. Refrigerate
for 20 minutes before serving.

Serve the butter board with the
bread accompaniments above.

Chocolate Butter Board | Dairy
Serves 4-6
¼ pound sweet (unsalted) butter
1½ teaspoons sugar
¼ cup semisweet mini chocolate
chips ¼ cup walnuts, chopped
¼ cup raspberries or diced
strawberries Accompaniments: fine white bread,
challah or brioche
Bring the butter to room temperature.

Spread it on a nonporous, preferably
oblong plank. Sprinkle the remaining
ingredients on top. Refrigerate for 20
minutes before serving.

Serve the butter board with the
bread accompaniments above. ■
Linda Morel is a freelance food writer.

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