A Time To Kill & A Time To Heal: Kohelet’s Wisdom In Times Of War
To most of the world, the date is the October 7. To me it will always be Simchat Torah. The memory of the juxtaposition of the joyful singing and dancing […]
Taking a Risk for a Sweet Year
The thing about honey is, it isn’t simple like sugar. Cultivating sugar cane requires a great deal of effort, tending to the fields in blazing heat, processing and extracting the […]
How Do We Teach Our Kids Tolerance For The Intolerant?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, My spouse and I have raised our kids with […]
How To Pick My Child’s BMitzvah Date?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, How do you choose the right date for your […]
How Much To Fight Over a Dress Debacle?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, Right before my son’s wedding this past weekend, I […]
How I Became Holocaust Girl: A Story for Yom HaShoah
I got the nickname, Holocaust Girl, back in college. Little did they—the poetry department mean girls—know, instead of feeling insulted and ridiculed, as they had hoped, I loved the designation. […]
Living Life On Two Planes
Last week I went to bed very late every night.I had to stay up to see that the day’s hostages were finally safely in Israel. I felt that if I […]
What Makes This Apple Cake Recipe Jewish?
My father’s family is squarely Ashkenazi, but it’s my mother’s side that passed down this recipe for Jewish Apple Cake. Why did my Italian-Armenian grandmother have a so-called “Jewish” recipe on a yellowed 3” x 5” notecard?
Is It Too Late To Make Sukkot Meaningful?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, Sukkot is almost over, and I have thus far […]
My Mother’s Unconventional Memorial
Mom was ill, possibly dying. I was 40 and newly married, pregnant with our first child. I knew I couldn’t understand what she was going through, and wondered – what would have been like to talk about our shared heritage or discuss faith?