Jew Review: ‘A Rainbow Thread’
When I was in college in the late 1980s, I devoured the work of Jewish feminists like Ellen Umansky and Judith Plaskow. They unearthed for me the previously hidden voices […]
How My Interfaith Family Celebrates Passover
We have approached the Jewish holidays as a family since we started dating.
I Don’t Keep Shabbat Because I Don’t Feel I Deserve It
I wasn’t comfortable with the rules of Shabbat, but I liked the idea of having a day that was set aside as different.
Kvetching Korner: (Ch)Han(n)uk(k)a(h)
Every year, I try to learn something new about the Jewish holidays, something outside of my Hebrew school classroom – this year I learned that there are 16 different ways […]
Don’t Get Drunk On Purim
Cautionary tales of Purim
How Religion Will Save Our Planet
We have language from our tradition to recover awe and wonder of nature.
An Inspiring Ninth of Av
Jewish sleepaway camp provided many of today’s adults with their first Tisha B’Av experience. There they sat on the floor of the Beit Am (communal building), watched interpretive dance, listened to the camp […]
But Really, Why Honey?
We dip in honey to force ourselves to pause and we find the symbolic honey in our own life.
10 Top Quick Tips To Put Some Holy Into Your Family’s Rosh Hashanah
Are you struggling to find a sense of balance and meaning this Rosh Hashanah? Do the Holy Days feel less holy in this time of pandemic distance and confusion? You […]
Portrait of the Artist as a Self-Hating Jew
She was hiding in the countryside because she was Jewish. But she was an anti-Semite. A fascinating look at French author Irène Némirovsky.