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‘We’re All In This Together’
An apolitical political reality
In a recent post Joyce Vance, who breaks down the crazed legality of what is going on in Trump World, offered her recipe for rugalach, those absurdly delicious little kosher pastries, and her reminder that no matter what happens we are all in this together, an apropos sentiment these days.
I once worked as a pastry chef and I made those rugalach every week, and I found fault with her family recipe which used cottage cheese. Rugalach are always made with cream cheese! Which, Joyce, if you are listening, would solve your sticky dough problem. Cottage cheese is too watery. But I disgress.
I’m writing this on Christmas Eve, which this year also corresponds with the beginning of Hanukkah. My family are ostensibly Christian though none of us have been in a church for anything other than a wedding or a funeral since childhood. I’m a Buddhist, which is a non-theistic practice, so Christmas doesn’t offer the spirit it once had for me.
But Joyce’s sentiment hit home especially hard given the extreme uncertainty and fear gripping the country right now in the wake of the election, an election which will be viewed by history as shameful, if history is still allowed to be recorded.
