It’s not known for sure how challah — the sweet, fluffy bread that’s the star of a Jewish Shabbat dinner — got its braids. Some say the braids carry religious significance, other explanations are more ...

This undated photo provided by America's Test Kitchen in October 2018 shows challah in Brookline, Mass. This recipe appears in the cookbook “Bread Illustrated.” (Carl Tremblay/America's Test Kitchen ...

A group of Jewish organizations in New York baked a 35-foot-long loaf of challah last week in the hope of setting a new world record. Challah, a braided bread, is traditionally served on Shabbat and ...

BRIDGEWATER – Nobody kneaded an excuse to come to the Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center last week. More than 380 women came together to bake bread — actually, challah — in a sold-out ...

There’s no better way to celebrate Rosh Hashanah than with a warm, golden loaf of freshly baked challah. This slightly sweet, egg-enriched bread isn’t just delicious—it’s deeply tied to Jewish ...

Beautifully braided, rich, and lightly sweet, freshly baked challah is delicious on its own or smeared with softened butter. After a few days, it's great dunked in custard and made into French toast ...

Most people know challah — a Jewish egg bread — as a braided loaf. But truth is, it can take on a variety of shapes. At Rosh Hashana, which starts Thursday, it often is formed into a spiral, which is ...

Every other Thursday, the kitchen of the Tufts Hillel building is bustling with dough-makers, braiders and bakers alike, all helping to bake about 70 loaves of challah to be sold for charity through ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — Mandy Silverman remembers being scared of the kitchen as a child. “There was a constant joke in my house growing up that I would mess up instant iced tea,” she recalled in a phone ...

Beautifully braided, rich and lightly sweet, freshly baked challah is delicious on its own or smeared with softened butter. After a few days, it’s great dunked in custard and made into French toast ...