How Do I Make My 12-Step Program Feel More Jewish?
Do you have a question you’d like answered? Submit it anonymously here! Rabbi, I’m in a 12-step program, and sometimes it feels like it’s overly Christian. How can I take a […]
May 16, 2025
May 15, 2025
The Omer: What Are We Counting? And Why?
Why do we count the Omer? Ask 3 people and you might well get 3 answers. We are counting the days between Pesach and Shavuot, the time we left the […]
May 6, 2025
Don’t Let the God You Don’t Believe In Get In the Way of the God You Can
Historian and futurist Yuval Noah Harari has become one of the most profound thinkers of the 21st century, examining the ancient past to predict and foreshadow what is yet to […]
April 25, 2025
What To Do With Old Hebrew School Craft Projects?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, When I took out my Passover dishes this year, […]
April 22, 2025
A Holiday for Strays – An Insider’s Look at Jewfolk’s Holiday Matching Program
A friend who has been to two of my Seders says mine is the table for strays. I guess they’re right. And I like it that way. I’m a bit […]
April 18, 2025
How Do I Meet New People?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I’m new to town and would like to meet […]
April 18, 2025
Ask the Rabbi: Will an Easter Basket Confuse My Jewish Children?
Do you have a question you’d like answered? Submit it anonymously here! Rabbi, I am Jewish, and my wife was raised Christian. She no longer practices, and we agreed that we […]
April 11, 2025
My Child Learned About The Holocaust Before I Was Ready For It
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam My young child just learned about the Holocaust from […]
April 11, 2025
Ask a Rabbi: Kitniyot on Passover
Do you have a question you’d like answered? Submit it anonymously here! Rabbi, I have heard that some Jews don’t eat rice or corn during Passover, while others do. How do […]
April 8, 2025
In an Age of Distraction, Judaism can be the Still-Small Voice We Need
We live in an age of distraction. This is Chris Hayes’ finding in his new book, The Siren’s Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource. He explores in […]