What Are We Wearing?
My sister, Chaya, is kind, generous, fun and very into aesthetics. A favorite memory of ours was when my parents were commissioning the writing of a Torah scroll. My mom […]
August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
Build a Sukkah On Your Porch Or Apartment Balcony
This article is for you. The Jew who has never built a sukkah before, or vaguely remembers that the last time you helped to build a sukkah, you were four-years-old and your job was to hang streamers from the ceiling.
August 15, 2022
A meaningful Yom Kippur: a Jewish educator’s take on the holiday
I feel that there is something artificial and forced about setting aside one day every year for us to admit our mistakes and ask forgiveness from others. This should be done every day! Just feeling that I am “required” to sit in synagogue, pray with more intensity than normal, and pour out my soul to God (or maybe just acknowledging my soul’s existence to myself) makes me feel less motivated to do just that. Yet, this is what Yom Kippur asks us to do.
August 15, 2022
10 ways to stay awake during Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur services
1. Think of all your sins. Can you really atone for them in one week? Were any of them worth it? Which ones? 2. Be a Jewish fashionista. Count the […]
August 15, 2022
The Quintessential Single Parent Dating Question
At what point in a relationship do you introduce your children to your special friend? The easy answer is, “Whenever you know that the relationship has a good chance of being long term”. It’s an accurate answer, safe, uncontroversial, at times realistic, and very boring. I’m not ready to accept that one, at least for this discussion. I want something more.
August 15, 2022
10 Tips for Stress-free Interfaith Passover or Easter Celebrations
A guest post from “AskBarbara” at JFCS Minneapolis with tips for interfaith families wanting successful Passover and/or Easter celebrations together.
August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
Noshin’ Recipe: Every New Year Needs Apple Pie
This treat screams love — like warm-hugs-from-your-mom-when-you-came-home-from-elementary-school love. Love that accepts you in sweatpants — in public. It says “I don’t need to impress you, I know you love me already (with or without this pie).” And that’s the way I want to start my new year — with some unconditional love. And pie.
August 15, 2022
Noshin’ Recipe: Sweet Potato Latkes
Do you smell that? Oh yes you do! It’s the smell of delicious things frying in the kitchen! Hanukkah isn’t just the festival of light, it’s the festival of light because it’s really the festival of oil.