Taking a Risk for a Sweet Year
The thing about honey is, it isn’t simple like sugar. Cultivating sugar cane requires a great deal of effort, tending to the fields in blazing heat, processing and extracting the […]
October 9, 2024
October 4, 2024
Fast Easy and Eat Salmon
As Jewfolk’s new food writer, my passion is sharing recipes, tips, tricks, and ideas to help you add meaning and joy to your Jewish holiday celebrations. You might ask, “Gayle, […]
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 17, 2024
Plan Ahead for a Stress-Free Rosh Hashana
Somehow, it doesn’t matter how late Rosh Hashana comes, it always seems to catch us by surprise. Three years ago, the Jewish New Year started the evening of Labor Day. […]
September 16, 2024
High Holiday Guide 5785/2024
It is hard to believe, but the High Holidays are right around the corner, and 5785 beckons. Cincy Jewfolk is giving you a comprehensive guide to the High Holiday services […]
August 22, 2024
Mutual Mitzvot: The Joys of Sharing a Holiday Meal
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 […]
August 5, 2024
High Holiday Dinner & Break Fast Matching 2024
A holiday tradition we love: Cincy Jewfolk’s matchmaking service is back for this year’s High Holidays! Togetherness and a special meal are both major parts of how we spend the […]
June 3, 2024
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 […]
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, […]