Adam Mansbach Made a Monster that Makes Us Laugh
What do you do with a ton of pottery clay when you’re stoned? What do you do when your creation comes to life? Can you teach him right from wrong? […]
April 24, 2024
April 21, 2024
Passover-Friendly Black and White Cookies
Editor’s Note: The recipe is from the cookbook ‘Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine,’ by Jewfolk Food Podcaster Micah Siva. The recipe is used with her permission. A New […]
April 18, 2024
Guiding Hand Exhibit Opens at the Skirball
On Apr. 11, the Skirball Museum of Cincinnati unveiled its latest exhibit, “The Guiding Hand,” featuring a collection of over 100 Torah yads (pointers used for reading from parchment) on […]
April 12, 2024
Keeping Jewish Tradition Alive in the Modern Age
If there were two things a stranger was to learn about me very fast it would be this: I’m a life-long vegetarian and I’m Jewish. As a result of these […]
April 4, 2024
Painting a Mosaic of Jewish Food with New Cookbook, ‘The Jewish Holiday Table’
In Judaism, there are often many divisions. Different tunes, customs, places we come from, and even differences in how many days a holiday is celebrated. But if there’s one thing […]
March 29, 2024
Hopkins Leads Great Cast In Powerful ‘One Life’
Nicholas Winton is an ordinary person. That’s how he describes himself and the efforts he and his colleagues are undertaking. It’s 1938, a month after Kristallnacht, and less than a […]
March 26, 2024
Cincinnati Playhouse Presents: The Chosen
Director co-wrote the play with Chaim Potok Interview by Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Not only did Aaron Posner co-write the play The Chosen with late literary giant Chaim […]
March 22, 2024
From Strangers to Family: The Power of Hosting in the Jewish Community
Gayle Schindler, a professional chef, and her husband, Joel, have a long history of opening their home for holidays. When the opportunity arose to host a guest for Rosh Hashanah, […]
March 22, 2024
Purim, October 7, and Holocaust Inversion
This year, one passage in the Book of Esther is particularly poignant. Before Haman could carry out his deadly plot to “destroy, massacre, and exterminate the Jews, young and old, […]
March 15, 2024
A Modern Purim Playlist
Mike Boberg, the Director of Impact Assessment at the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati, has curated an extensive Purim playlist on Spotify, focusing on a contemporary interpretation of the holiday’s traditional […]