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"Holidays were not for celebrat- For an Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner, ing," recalls the Danville, Calif., resi- we are told which rituals to perform dent in the introduction to her new and which prayers to say in which book, Fast 6 - Festive Meals for the order at which time, with text provided Jewish Holidays (223 pages, William in both English and phonetic Hebrew. Morrow & Co.). Meanwhile, Mrs. Sorosky offers a In the type of anguished confession blueprint for a whimsical centerpiece seldom if ever seen in cookbooks, in which an Mrs. Sorosky tells enormous date- us her American walnut cookie in L\ father was a "tyran- FAST & FESTIVE MEALS the shape of a nical" Orthodox FOR JEWISH HOUPAYS shofar crowns Jew and that her -'(I pt ileum, Rituals, am! PoivPlanning flowers, ivy, German mother deas/Ur f.ro:r Mesta 'a,t tlu> Par moss, red and "bent to his every green crab apples religious desire." and shiny accor- The couple met dion-pleated in Berlin before the Mylar. Napkin war; he saved his rings for the wife's family from meal are fash- "Hitler and literally ioned with the plucked two of her help of dried cousins from apples and a Buchenwald. Yet gun. Invitations these tales were to the dinner, the dark secrets, off- author suggests, limits to the cou- can be sent or ple's children. delivered affixed Mrs. Sorosky to little jars of honey decorated with later learned that her father became apple-printed fabric. religious after leaving Germany, "after Challah kicks off the repast — seeing the atrocities" of which he either a raisin challah or, Mrs. Sorosky / never spoke. suggests, the "Manna, rom Heaven At the age of 5 she started reading Challah," complete with colorful Genesis with her father — in Hebrew. candy sprinkles or chocolate non- Until she was 16 she attended Hebrew pareils. A salmon gefilte fish goes school three times a week,,as well as swiftly from the food processor to the Sunday school. On Saturday morn- oven, where it is baked in a casserole ings, while her friends were at the and later cut into squares, sans gelatin. movies, she "sat in synagogue day- Roast chicken, pilaf, a kugel with dreaming of the places I'd rather be." applesauce, carrot coins and the giant So when her editor asked her to shofar cookie round out the meal. write a Jewish holiday cookbook — Dessert in this case is a traditional `—\ she had written over half a dozen honey cake, its spicy batter spiked cookbooks on other themes, with the with instant coffee. occasional Chanukah or Passover Other chapters in the book offer menu included — she felt such a sense recipes, rituals and party tips for the of dread that she could hardly breathe, entire Jewish year as well as Shabbat, Judaism comprised "such a trau- b'nai mitzvah, Havdalah and brit matic part of my childhood," explains milah or baby-naming. the author, now a mother of four grown children, in the introduction. Her pre- and post-fast Yom Kippur dinner menus promise dumplings, "And I wasn't sure I wanted to revisit the pain." bread pudding and exotica such as Yet with the help of two new lox-and-cream-cheese pizza and a spread (for cocktail rye) containing friends who "both love every aspect of Judaism and embrace every holiday" HOLIDAYS on page 183 ANNELI RUFUS I 1:1 -,Z4. , ARE ISMORPf