Israeli Treat Taste Test
Several weeks ago, I asked my 9-year old what she wanted for Hanukkah. I was surprised that one of her requests was “treats from around the world.” What a wonderful […]
August 11, 2022
August 11, 2022
Jew Review: ‘The Matzah Ball’
When Jean Meltzer’s father suggested to her that she write a book, he also told her it shouldn’t be a Jewish one — “No one reads those,” he told her. […]
August 11, 2022
WATCH: Six13’s ‘West Side Story’ Themed Hanukkah Medley
In time for the film revival of the beloved musical West Side Story, Jewish a capella group Six13 has channeled a medley of Stephen Sondheim’s classics for West Side Chanukah Story, their […]
August 11, 2022
Reviewing NYC’s Baz Hanukkah Bagel
A few weeks ago it was brought to my attention that a bagel shop in New York was selling a Hanukkah bagel package on Goldbelly. For those of you who […]
April 20, 2022
College Groups Experience Holocaust Museum Trip
As part of his sociology professorship, Tim Pippert makes it a priority to teach his Augsburg University students out of the classroom and get them experiential learning opportunities. Knowing about […]
April 18, 2022
Love in a Lunch Box: Tips For a New Passover Tradition
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Jewish Light Though each of my children has gone through brief phases of packing her own lunch or buying at school, I […]
April 15, 2022
Moving from Constriction: A Passover 2022 Message
This year, the Passover journey from Egypt and slavery to freedom and human dignity feels particularly poignant. The Hebrew word for Egypt, mitzrayim, also connotes “the narrow place,” a place […]
April 15, 2022
On Pesach, She
On Pesach, she would host 30 guests. Her siblings, children, friends without family nearby. The dining room table was extended to its maximum length, extra card tables snaking into the […]
April 14, 2022
My First Passover
Passover was on March 30 the first year I ever celebrated it. I remember it was a stormy spring in Los Angeles. Rainwater roared through the city aqueducts. I had […]
April 13, 2022
The Holiday Of Oppression Is Upon Us
For those of us making seders, the list-making has been going on for quite a while now. For those of us who change dishes and pots and every damn thing […]