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 […]
Here When You Need It Most
Austin Zoot is the Rabbi Educator at the Valley Temple in Wyoming, Ohio. For more content from Rabbi Zoot, visit his website: austinmzoot.com. It seems as though the weather is […]
Jewish Drinking With Rabbi Drew: Drinking on Hanukkah
Cincy Jewfolk is proud to partner with Rabbi Drew Kaplan to bring you a past episode of his podcast Jewish Drinking. Rabbi Drew Kaplan has been seeking to advance and enhance the […]
Jewish Foundation Hosts First In-Person Meeting Post-Pandemic, Unveils New Strategies
On Nov. 6, the Jewish Foundation hosted its first in-person public meeting since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The session introduced updates to the board and trustees and detailed […]
Six13 In Their Taylor Swift Era For Hanukkah Parody
Cramming bits of 14 Taylor Swift hits into nearly four and a half minutes, New York Jewish a capella group Six13 released their new Hanukkah parody, “Era-lution of Taylor Swift […]
From Generation to Generation: Shabbat as a Gift for Our Children
Austin Zoot is the Rabbi Educator at the Valley Temple in Wyoming, Ohio. For more content from Rabbi Zoot, visit his website: austinmzoot.com. My earliest memories of Shabbat are in […]
Comic Gary Gulman Talks About Growing Up Jewish In New Memoir
A comedian for more than a quarter century, Gary Gulman is, in the parlance of his Boston peoples, wicked hilarious. Years ago I got to see him do a set on […]
Where to Get Sufganiyot for Hanukah
Hanukah begins this evening, it is the best time to consider where you can get sufganiyot in Cincinnati. Sufganiyot is the Hebrew term for a donut and is one of […]