There are few sports that American Jews love more than baseball. You can find someone wearing an MLB-themed yarmulke at any synagogue event or high holiday service. It is something […]
The minute Purim is over, I start thinking about Passover. Who am I kidding? I start thinking about Pesach right after Tu b’Shvat, but I try not to DO anything […]
Do you have a question you’d like answered? Submit it anonymously here! I made a new friend at the JCC who is Orthodox. I invited her over to my house […]
K.K. Bene Israel/Rockdale Temple is pleased to announce RockArt! on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30pm, beginning in the Heldman Social Hall. Led by congregant Abby Schwartz, former director and curator […]
We have a Yom Kippur tradition in our family. Call it family custom, call it superstition, but we do not attend Yizkor service until we’ve lost someone close to us. […]
The 2025 JIFF (Jewish & Israeli Film Festival) has come and gone. Featuring a variety of indie films and documentaries, each year presents a mosaic of Jewish life. These films […]
Rabbi, my child is a college student at Ohio State. In the past several months, they have become more and more anti-Zionist as the situation in Israel drags on. Our […]
Temple Sholom Rabbi Ari Jun, the former director of the Cincinnati and Dayton JCRC, and senior rabbi at the Cincinnati synagogue since last December, was abruptly disinvited from speaking at […]
Like Tu b’Shvat, which I wrote about last month, Purim also suffers from the image of being a pediatric holiday. Purim is fun. We give and get gifts of food, […]
My baby turned one this week, but all I can think about is the boy who never had a birthday. This week, Israel is crying for the Bibas family, a […]