Should Jewish Kids Dress Up For Halloween?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, What are your thoughts on Jewish kids dressing up […]
October 31, 2024
October 28, 2024
Haunting Documentary ‘We Will Dance Again’ Tells Stories From Nova Festival
At the beginning, I thought maybe to tell my friends to leave, but at that point, it was already too late. They’re shooting and trying to kidnap us or kill […]
October 24, 2024
“Kosher” Halloween Costumes
This year, Halloween (the formerly pagan and now American version of Purim, without the awesome we-survived-an-attempted-genocide-and-now-we-eat-triangular-cookies back story) falls at the end of the Jewish holiday season. Some folks like […]
October 23, 2024
‘Rutka’ Sings Defiantly at an Unjust World
“I am writing this as if nothing has happened, as if I’m in an army experienced in cruelty. But I’m young. I’m 14, and I haven’t seen much in my […]
October 23, 2024
14-year-old Shoah victim’s diary inspires world premiere musical at Cincy Playhouse
In 2006, Yad Vashem published a diary in which 14-year-old Rutka Laskier, a Polish Jew, wrote about her life for four months in 1943, until her deportation and murder in […]
October 2, 2024
Rosh Hashanah 5785
This year I want to dip apples in saltwater I want to spread honey on my wounds How does one forgive the sting of alienation? How does one atone for […]
September 24, 2024
Where Prayer Goes to Die; Heeding Heschel’s Invitation to More Meaningful Worship
Over the past four years, I have read an average of 100 books per year. As someone who loves stories, I am struck by the conundrum of wanting to take […]
September 13, 2024
How Carly Perry Started Making Accessible Art & Judaica In Cincinnati
Ever since Carly Perry was a little kid, growing up in a Jewish family in Tennessee, she wanted to open her own art and design business. “I’ve always been interested […]
August 28, 2024
The Great Bagel Crossover
You might have seen or heard about the 2024 Great Minnesota Bagel Showdown. There has been a lot of bagel talk around here lately, so when I found myself in […]
August 27, 2024
‘Between the Temples’ Finds Humor in Pathos
How do we renew our faith when it seems lost? How do we praise a G✡d who feels too far away? What if songs of faith are the foundation of […]