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In the early 1990s, before smartphones became extensions of our minds and the internet reshaped human attention, I was what many would call a 'problematic' student. There was no escape into social media, no constant stream of notifications, no digital distractions to blame for my restlessness.
Under the harsh fluorescent lights of my middle and high school classrooms, my body ached for movement while my mind wandered far beyond the prescribed curriculum. The rigid structure of traditional education – with its emphasis on rote memorization and unquestioning acceptance of authority – felt like an ill-fitting suit I was forced to wear.
When boredom struck, there were no screens to retreat into, no digital worlds to explore. Instead, my restlessness manifested in deliberately provoking teachers with challenging questions and turning to whispered conversations with classmates, not out of malice, but from a genuine frustration with the intellectual constraints of the classroom.
My persistent chatter earned me countless warnings and seat reassignments, though I'd inevitably find ways to spark discussions with whoever sat nearby. Being kicked out of class became a familiar escape from the suffocating monotony, whether for my provocative questions or for being the ringlea
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Jerusalem: A Cookbook | Jewish Book Council
With an unusual cushiony cover and gorgeous mouthwatering photos of meticulously detailed recipes, Jerusalem: A Cookbook features the recipes and stories of Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. The two chefs grew up in Jerusalem, Yotam in Jewish West Jerusalem, Sami in Muslim East Jerusalem.
Yotam owns an eponymous restaurant with four branches in London and a high-end restaurant called Nopi, also in London. Sami is his restaurant partner and head chef. Together, the two chefs have created a mostly-vegetarian cookbook that raises vegetables to an exquisite level, showcasing them beautifully in recipes that even a carnivore couldn’t resist.
The cookbook’s introduction explains the “complexities of Jerusalem’s culinary traditions,” where many dishes do not belong to one specific culture alone, but rather, in this city of an “intricate, convoluted mosaic of peoples,” to everyone. Chopped cucumber and tomato are known as either Arab or Israeli salad and are eaten throughout the city. Stuffed vegetables with rice and pickled vegetables are ubiquitous, as well as olive oil, lemon juice, and olives. Not to mention the recent “hummus wars
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