How Do I Balance Going To The Activities Of My Nieces and Nephews?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I don’t have kids, but I live near several […]
Tips For Celebrating Shavuot This Year
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, Any tips for celebrating Shavuot this year? Signed, Screaming […]
It’s Not Too Late: Jewish Community for the Grown-Ups Who Missed Camp
In the first few minutes of Dan Senor’s recent podcast episode, “The State of World Jewry,” he and his guests tap into something deep and quietly urgent. The episode isn’t […]
The Omer: What Are We Counting? And Why?
Why do we count the Omer? Ask 3 people and you might well get 3 answers. We are counting the days between Pesach and Shavuot, the time we left the […]
“Thank You Very Much” Sheds New Light on the Late, Fascinating Comedian Andy Kaufman
Who was Andy Kaufman? A nice Jewish boy from Long Island who didn’t smoke or drink and practiced Transcendental Meditation? A nonsensical man-child? An angry jerk who pushed the limits […]
What To Do With Old Hebrew School Craft Projects?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, When I took out my Passover dishes this year, […]
New PBS Documentary Tackles Artist, Activist And Pulitzer Prize-Winner Art Spiegelman
The name Art Spiegelman is guaranteed to evoke one word for anyone familiar with the artist: Maus. His Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel (to date, the only one to be so […]
Do We Drink The Sentimental Bottle Of Wine?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, For our honeymoon three years ago, my wife and […]
Connecting to Food Through Family
When you think of the foods of your childhood often the first images that come to mind are things that a parent or grandparent used to make for you. I […]
Why Won’t I Be Treated Like A Regular Patient?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I am an adult male who works out and […]