Author: Annie Prusky

Mask-Wearing is a Jewish Value

Jewish tradition teaches that saving one life is tantamount to saving the entire world. OneTable takes this teaching seriously, and we’ve leaned on it heavily when designing our social distancing guidelines. This teaching is based [...]
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4 Round Challahs Made Easy

A quick search for challah will return beautiful images of long, braided bread. But you may notice a few round challot (plural of challah) as well. What’s up with that? Well, some people bake round challah for [...]
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Celebrating Jewish Creativity Through Shabbat

When I visited Poland, I wasn’t expecting a society which had moved on, in many ways, from the days of Fiddler. I kept expecting the Jews I met there to be like my imagination of [...]
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Dinner Description Glow Up

One of the many things I love about my job is getting to read through the descriptions of the Shabbat dinners that hosts create with OneTable. I feel like I could curl up with a [...]
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Friday Night Crafting, Camp Style

Welcome to the Arts & Crafts cabin! You know the rules — don’t run with scissors, leave the space clean for the next group, and believe in yourself. In this space, we value enthusiasm over [...]
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Camp Activities for Friday Night

Camp is all about letting loose, being yourself, and enjoying the moment. As adults, immersed in our lives (and feeling extra immersed these days), planning an evening of low-stakes fun can be the perfect way [...]
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Feeling…board? Try a Virtual Game Night Shabbat

One of the best things about Friday night is gathering with friends and bonding over a shared activity — be that wine tasting, movie night, or board games. In the time of social distancing, that [...]
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Six Senses: Transforming Your New Home Office into a Shabbat Sanctuary

How do you create #fridaynightmagic at home if you’ve been working… from home? @onetableshabbat♬ original sound – onetableshabbat Whether you’re celebrating Shabbat on your own, with your housemates, or joining one of the many OneTable […]

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