What’s The Best Way To Give Tzedakah To Someone Outside The Market?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, There is a man who often sits outside my […]
How To Help My Child Read Torah When My Skills Are Lacking?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, My 11-year-old is very interested in learning how to read Torah. […]
How Do I Stop A Houseguest Who Tries To Cook But Is Bad At It?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I have a friend with a complex set of […]
What’s The Happy Medium Of Keeping Your House Clean?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, When I was first out of college, I had […]
Tears of Sorrow and Joy: Cincinnati Zionists Join 2,500 at the Global Conference for Israel
Record crowds at Jewish National Fund-USA’s flagship Zionist event experienced a wave of emotions as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the land and people of Israel. DENVER, December 14, 2023 – […]
How Do I Avoid Judgement For A Plan-less Winter Break?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I’m a teacher, so I have the next week off work […]
Is It OK To Celebrate Hanukkah Late At A Work Party?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, My office holiday party is next week, after Hanukkah has ended. […]
Latkes and Lights: Celebrating Hanukkah with Culinary Traditions
As the sun set in Cincinnati, Ohio last week, the sizzle and snap of hot oil could be heard in kitchens all over the city! Latkes galore were frying in […]
It’s the Most Triggering Time of the Year: How an Interfaith Household Navigates December
In early February of 2020, I went to the mikveh to make my conversion to Judaism official. I lead with this because in my experience, Judaism has a kind of […]
Hanukkah Returns To Hallmark In The Charming ‘Round And Round’
A few years, the Hallmark Channel got the memo that there are other holidays in December besides Christmas and wrote several Chanukkah-themed movies. In 2022, the channel offered up Hanukkah […]