Mama Doni
Our Next Show Is...
08//01/10 - Camp Louemma (Sussex, NJ) 2:00pm
Upcoming Shows...
- 08/05/10 - JCC of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, VA) 6:00pm
- 08/06/10 - Camp JCC at JCC of Greater Washington (Rockville, MD) 1:00pm
- 08/29/10 - Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Texas) 10:15am
- 09/05/10 - Jewish Federation Sarasota-Manatee (Sarasota, Florida) 4:00pm
- 09/19/10 - Congregation Adath Israel (Middletown, CT) 2:00pm
- 09/26/10 - Congregation Beth Or (Maple Glen, PA) 1:30pm
- 10/03/10 - Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael (Springfield, NJ ) 1:00pm
- 10/24/10 - Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York, NY ) 2:30pm
- 11/21/10 - JCC of Worcester (Worcester, MA) 3:00pm
- 11/28/10 - Bergen Performing Arts Center (Englewood, NJ) 1:00pm and 4:00pm
- 12/02/10 - JCC of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) 6:30pm
- 12/05/10 - Temple Israel (West Bloomfield, MI) 1:00pm
- 12/12/10 - United Jewish Communities of Metrowest New Jersey SUPER SUNDAY - UJC Metrowest (Whippany, NJ) 3:00pm
- 12/29/10 - Suffolk YJCC (Commack, NY) 11:00am
- 05/22/11 - JCC of Greater New Haven (Woodbridge, CT) 4:00pm
- 12/11/11 - JCC Rockland (West Nyack, NY) 4:00pm
Past Shows...
Jewish Community Centers & Y’s:
- Mid-Island YJCC - Plainview, NY
- Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford - JCC Swim and Tennis Club - West Hartford, CT
- JCC Manhattan - New York, NY
- JCC on The Hudson - Tarrytown, NY
- JCC Commack - Commack, NY
- Stamford JCC - Stamford, CT
- Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County - Newburgh, NY
- YMHA - Wayne, NJ
- JCC Albany - Albany, NY
- JCC Houston - Houston, TX
- JCC of Middlesex County - Edison, NJ
- Bergen County YJCC - Washington Township, NJ
- Katz JCC - Cherry Hill, NJ
- Rosenthal JCC - Camp Discovery - Croton-on-Hudson, NY
- Suffolk Y and JCC - Commack, NY
- Milton & Betty Katz JCC - Margate NJ
- Worcester JCC - Worcester, MA
- JCC of Bensonhurst - Brooklyn, NY
- JCC MetroWest - West Orange, NJ
- JCC of Kansas City - Kansas City, KA
- Mayerson JCC - Shalom Family - Cincinatti, OH
- JCC of Staten Island - Staten Island, NY
- JCC of Allentown - Allentown, PA
- JCC Wyoming Valley - Wilkes-Barre, PA
Museums, Festivals & Fairs
- The International Jewish Music Festival 2008 - Amsterdam, Holland
- REJOICE 2008– The South Brunswick Jewish Music festival - South Brunswick, NJ
- JCC Toledo - Hanukkah Palooza & Latkefest - Toledo, OH
- YM-YWHA of North Jersey’s Children’s Theater Series - Wayne, NJ
- The Jewish Museum of New York - New York, NY
- REJOICE 2009– The South Brunswick Jewish Music Festival, South Brunswick, NJ
- The International Jewish Music Festival 2009 - Amsterdam, Holland
- JCC Houston - Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair - Houston, TX
- The Museum of Jewish Heritage - New York, NY
- Bucks County Jewish Festival - Yardley, PA
Synagogue Programming – Preschools, Religious Schools (K-5), Youth Groups
- Marlboro Jewish Center - Marlboro, NJ
- Pine Brook Jewish Center Nursery School - Montville, NJ
- Congregation Oheb Shalom - South Orange, NJ
- Adath Shalom - Morris Plains, NJ
- Temple B’nai Abraham - Livingston, NJ
- Shomrei Emunah - Montclair, NJ
- Temple Emanu-El - Closter, NJ
- Maplewood Jewish Center - Maplewood, NJ
- Kol Ami - White Plains, NY
- Temple Sha'arey Shalom - Springfield, NJ
- B’nai Tikvah - North Brunswick, NJ
- Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel - South Orange, NJ
- Westchester Jewish Center - Mamaroneck, NY
- Temple Beth El - Rochester, NY
- Temple B'Nai Or - Morristown, NJ
- Temple Beth Rishon - The Andrew Friedland Preschool, Wyckoff, NJ
- Adat Shalom - Los Angeles, CA
- The Shirley & Paul Pintel Nursery School of Fair Lawn Jewish Center - Fair Lawn, NJ
- Woodlands Community Temple - White Plains, NY
- Congregation Tikvat Israel - Rockville, MD
- Kol Ami - White Plains, NY
- Congregation Agudath Israel - Caldwell, NJ
- Temple Sha’arey Shalom - Springfield, NJ
- B’nai Keshet - Montclair, NJ
- Shir Ami - Newton, PA
- Congregation B ’nai Israel - Millburn, NJ
- Kaplan Preschool – United Synagogue of Hoboken - Hoboken, NJ
Camps & Day Schools
- Friedberg JCC - Summer Camp - Wheatley Heights, NY
- JCC of Staten Island - Lillian Schwartz Day Camp - Staten Island, NY
- Hillcrest Jewish Center - Summer Camp Program - Flushing, NY
- Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford - Camp Shalom - West Hartford, CT
- Central Queens YM-YWHA - Summer Camp Program - Wheatley Heights, NY
- Samuel Field Y - Summer Camp Program - Wheatley Heights, NY
- JCC Princeton Mercer Bucks - Abrams Day Camp - Lawrenceville, NJ
- JCC Bridgewater - Camp Ruach - Bridgewater, NJ
- Gesher Summer Camp - Livingston, NJ
- The Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester
- Camp Discovery - Croton-on-Hudson, NY - Solomon Schechter - Queens, NY
- Henry Kaufman Campgrounds - Wheatley Heights, NY
- Camp Louemma - Sussex, NJ
- Westchester Summer Day - Mamaroneck, NY
- Mid-Island Y-JCC - Oceanside, NY
- Friedberg JCC - Oceanside, NY
- The Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester - Camp Discovery - Croton-on-Hudson, NY
- Solomon Schechter School - West Orange, NJ
- Hebrew Academy of Morris County - Randolph, NJ
Benefits, Country Clubs & Senior Centers
- Benefit Concert for American Cancer Society - Relay For Life - Montville, NJ
- United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo - Sylvania, Ohio
- "Little Kids Rock" Concert - Montclair, NJ
- Parents Who Rock - Montclair, NJ
- Children's Winter Holiday Party - Orange Lawn Tennis Club - South Orange, NJ
- Help Haiti Heal Benefit Concert - NY, NY
- Miriam Apartments - Clifton, NJ
- Miriam Apartments II - Clifton, NJ
- Fox Hills Chaverim - Rockaway, NJ
Welcome to Mama Doni's Passover Palooza.
Here are some fun things to do this year for Passover!!
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Rasta in Pasta", the reggae Passover song
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FUN PASSOVER ACTIVITIES:
THE MEGA MATZO CASTLE
Make a matzo soybutter and jelly castle! Glue the matzo pieces together with the jelly and soybutter to create a big castle building! Decorate it it with raisins. You can eat it when you're done. Yum!
CHOCOLATE MATZO CRUMBLES
Crumble and break up your matzo into different size pieces, and then dip it in chocolate and put on sprinkles. Put in the refrigerator to harden!
MATZO MAN MAGNET
Break your matzo into 4 peices, brush "Mod Podge" from your local craft store, onto one side of the matzo and then let it dry, and then the other. Choose one side and glue on 2 googly eyes, a nose a mouth and add hair, bow tie, and on the back, tape a magnet. You have a matzo magnet!
PASSOVER RECIPES:
Here are some YUMMY recipes from my friend, Recipe Rachel:
HEAVENLY PASSOVER BROWNIES
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ c. margarine
5 eggs
2 c. sugar
Pinch of salt
1 ½ c. matzo cake meal
1 c. mini marshmallows
1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ c. shredded coconut (optional)
½ c. chopped walnuts or pecans
Preheat oven to 350F, grease baking pan. In a medium bowl melt margarine and chocolate together in microwave, approx. 2 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Beat eggs, add sugar and continue to beat well. Slowly add the chocolate mixture. Mix well. Add salt and cake meal. Mix completely. Bake for 30 minutes.
While brownie batter bakes, in a medium bowl stir together marshmallows, choc chips, coconut, and walnuts.
After 30 minutes, remove brownie pan from the oven, increase oven tem to 375F. Cover top of the brownies with marshmallow mixture, place in oven for 10 minutes until the marshmallows turn golden and the chocolate melts. Remove from oven- let cool and cut into squares.
PASSOVER BLONDIES
1/2 c. margarine
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp. honey
Pinch of salt
1 c. matzo cake meal
1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
Preheat oven to 350F. Cream margarine and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Mix in honey, salt, and matzoh cake meal. Fold in chopped nuts. The dough will be sticky. Spread it in a greased 8 x 8 pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
MATZOH FARFEL GRANOLA
2 c. matzah farfel
½ c slivered almonds
¼ shredded coconut
½ c. honey
¼ c. oil, melted margarine or butter
Raisins, dried apricots, banana chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350F. In large bowl combine farfel, almonds, coconut. Add honey and oil and mix well. Spread “granola” on a foil lined baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes stirring every 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Add dried fruit if desired and toss.
ANNIE'S MATZOH CRACKLE
1 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
5 slices salted or unsalted matzah
1 c. choc. chips
Preheat oven to 375 F. Line cookie sheet with foil and then cover in parchment paper. Cover cookie sheet with Matzah boards. Melt butter and brown sugar, bring to a boil and cook for about 3 more minutes stirring the whole time. Pour butter mivture over matzah. Place in oven, bake for 5 -10 minutes until it starts to bubble and remove before it burns. Remove from oven sprinkle across top with choc chips. Allow chocolate to melt for a few minutes before spreading it on top of matzah. Place in fridge until chocolate sets. Break up into bite sized pieces.
And here are special Matzo Balls and Haroseth recipes from my great friend, Chef Alma!
"FIRM, DENSE, UNAUNT JUDY-LIKE MATZO BALLS, SEPHARDIC STYLE"
1 cup matzoh meal
1/2 cup water
4 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup butter melted (margarine if you are keeping Kosher)
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped almonds
Broth Suggestion:
2 Quarts chicken broth
2 Quarts veg. broth
1 large chopped onion
1 lb bag small carrots
1 bag celery, chopped
1 handful fresh dill
Boil all together and adjust salt and pepper.
For the Matzoh balls:
In a mixer or by hand, mix all the dry ingredients until well blended. Add all the wet ingredients and mix until blended. Put in a covered bowl or tupperware in fridge for about 30-60 minutes or until it is like a more solid dough (just not sticky and unworkable). Put in freezer if you are in a hurry.
Drop golf ball size balls into the boiling soup until they float up to the top. Add the balls only when you are close to eating time to prevent them from falling apart from being in the soup for too long. Note: Make extra dough and keep it in a tupperware or covered bowl for future soups that week.
JACQUIE RUDERMAN'S FAMOUS HAROSET:
3 cups chopped walnuts (or almonds)
1 cup craisins (I like them chopped)
1 cup dried prunes, chopped in a food processor
3 peeled, chopped apples
1 cup red wine-omit if it is for kids (Kosher wine if need be or grape juice)
1/2 cup Orange juice
2 1/2 tsp brown sugar
Combine all together and leave as is or stew together in a saucepan until it is a texture that you like-keep tasting it.
DO YOU HAVE A PASSOVER ACTIVITY YOU WANT TO SHARE? EMAIL ME WITH YOUR RECIPES, SONG IDEAS, AND ACTIVITIES! I LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! Doni@Mamadoni.com
Happy Passover!!
xoxo
Mama Doni
The Rabbi told me on Passover
The Jews they didnt have time
To wait for the bread to rise
So eat your matzoh - its quite sublime
...what's a pasta-loving rasta to do??
The Jews they didnt have time
To wait for the bread to rise
So eat your matzoh - its quite sublime
...what's a pasta-loving rasta to do??
