Mutual Mitzvot: The Joys of Sharing a Holiday Meal

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For Gayle Schindler, opening up her table during holidays isn’t just for the guests but also for her.   “It’s not only the guests that ‘need’ a match,” she said. “Hosts […]

The Creamy Whip Ten Commandments

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Shavuot is fast approaching the holiday celebrating the receiving of the law on Mount Sinai. In some cruel irony, Ashkenazi Jews, a population that has some of the worst guts […]

A Yom HaShoah Benediction

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Let’s walk backward together through some of what the last 2000 years of history have brought the Jewish people. I promise I’ll be as succinct as I can: October 7, […]

Pesach Playlist 5784

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Listen to the Pesach Spotify playlist from the Jewish Foundations Mike Boberg As I was growing up, I recall annually watching The Ten Commandments on the Saturday before Easter Sunday (it still […]

Two Kids, Four Questions: How To Appease Children At The Seder?

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Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam,  My daughter, an only child, is very attached to […]

The Jewish Drinking Show: Wine In Medieval Haggadah Art

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It’s hard to ignore the role of wine during the Passover Seder. It’s also hard to ignore the haggadah at a Passover Seder. So what about wine in the Passover […]

The Jewish Drinking Show: Women and the Four Cups of Wine

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Passover is less than three weeks away! This week on the Jewish Drinking Show it is all about the ladies. Rabbi Drew welcomes Miriam Gedwesier to discuss the Talmudic inclusion […]