Why Jewish Cincinnati Feels Like Home for My Daughters and My Family
I never planned on moving back to Cincinnati. Honestly, it wasn’t even on my backup list. I grew up here, but like many kids who leave for college, I assumed […]
June 30, 2025
May 30, 2025
The Queen City Matchmaker: Jaime Bernstein Finds Love in All the Right Places
Mention matchmaking, and you might think of old-world traditions or romantic comedies gone sideways. But for Jaime Bernstein, matchmaking is modern, meaningful work—and it’s both a calling and a career. […]
May 28, 2025
It’s Not Too Late: Jewish Community for the Grown-Ups Who Missed Camp
In the first few minutes of Dan Senor’s recent podcast episode, “The State of World Jewry,” he and his guests tap into something deep and quietly urgent. The episode isn’t […]
May 23, 2025
Honesty As A Policy When Parenting
Before I had kids, I was the perfect parent. What I mean is that I certainly had an idea of how I wanted to do this job, and I was […]
May 21, 2025
The Shtetl That Lives: A Love Letter to the Cincinnati Jewish Community
This week was Jewish Night at the Reds game—and honestly? It felt more like Anatevka than Great American Ball Park. My friend went just to hang out with her shul […]
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 […]
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
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 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 […]
March 27, 2025
Jewish History for Antisemites: Sorry, Marge, My Dad Still Hasn’t Been to Israel
There are few sports that American Jews love more than baseball. You can find someone wearing an MLB-themed yarmulke at any synagogue event or high holiday service. It is something […]