• Kosher

    Food prepared according to Jewish dietary laws. More colloquially, "kosher" means approved or fine.

  • Kotel

    The Western Wall of the Temple, the most holy site of Judaism

  • Kreplach

    A European Jewish food consisting of dumplings filled with ground meat

  • Kristallnacht

    The "night of broken glass", a series of coordinated violent attacks against the Jewish community in Nazi Germany in 1938

  • Kugel

    A European Jewish baked casserole dish, usually made from potatoes or egg noodles

  • Kulas

    Leniencies.

  • L’shanah haba’ah b’Yerushalayim 

    "Next Year in Jerusalem", a statement proclaimed at the Passover ceremony and during other ritual times of year. Also, a reference to the coming...

  • Lag Ba’omer

    A Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of...

  • Landsmen

    A Jew who comes from a fellow town or area, particularly in Eastern Europe

  • Lashon Hara

    The Hebrew term for gossip or slander. Lashon hara is forbidden, even when true. The term literally means "evil speech".