The Creamy Whip Ten Commandments
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 […]
June 3, 2024
May 6, 2024
A Yom HaShoah Benediction
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, […]
April 19, 2024
Pesach Playlist 5784
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 […]
April 18, 2024
Two Kids, Four Questions: How To Appease Children At The Seder?
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 […]
April 17, 2024
The Jewish Drinking Show: Wine In Medieval Haggadah Art
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 […]
April 10, 2024
The Jewish Drinking Show: The Origin of Dropping Wine at Seder
Have you ever wondered why we spill drops of Wine during Seder? This week on the Jewish Drinking Show, find out the answer as Rabbi Drew and Guest Rabbi Zev […]
April 4, 2024
Painting a Mosaic of Jewish Food with New Cookbook, ‘The Jewish Holiday Table’
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 […]
April 3, 2024
The Jewish Drinking Show: Women and the Four Cups of Wine
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 […]
March 23, 2024
Upside Down in the Morning
Purim celebrations often revolve around drinking, at least for adults. It is common for people to remind one another of the rabbinic teaching to drink so much one cannot tell […]
March 22, 2024
From Strangers to Family: The Power of Hosting in the Jewish Community
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, […]