April 29, 2024
Shortly after 9/11, Linda Strauss decided to write a children’s book about the 600 year old Sarajevo Haggadah. Originally from Spain, and carried elsewhere by a family fleeing the Inquisition, […]
April 24, 2024
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 21, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, […]