Finding Joy In Passover

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We remember dark places and we rise up ready to bring liberation to those who need it.

Kvetching Korner: (Ch)Han(n)uk(k)a(h)

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Every year, I try to learn something new about the Jewish holidays, something outside of my Hebrew school classroom – this year I learned that there are 16 different ways […]

Don’t Get Drunk On Purim

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Cautionary tales of Purim

How Religion Will Save Our Planet

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We have language from our tradition to recover awe and wonder of nature.

11 Reasons Purim Is The Perfect Vegan Holiday

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There are many connections between veganism and the Jewish festival of Purim: According to the Talmud, Queen Esther, the heroine of the Purim story, was a vegetarian, one step away […]

Don’t Passover Shame Me

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Back off, Passover shamers. Nothing I’m going to be able to pull off in my 1,500 sq. ft. home aka office aka school during the COVID-19 crisis is going to resemble our family’s normal, awesome family Seder. So I’m not going to try.

An Inspiring Ninth of Av

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Jewish sleepaway camp provided many of today’s adults with their first Tisha B’Av experience. There they sat on the floor of the Beit Am (communal building), watched interpretive dance, listened to the camp […]

But Really, Why Honey?

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We dip in honey to force ourselves to pause and we find the symbolic honey in our own life.