But Really, Why Honey?
We dip in honey to force ourselves to pause and we find the symbolic honey in our own life.
August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
10 Top Quick Tips To Put Some Holy Into Your Family’s Rosh Hashanah
Are you struggling to find a sense of balance and meaning this Rosh Hashanah? Do the Holy Days feel less holy in this time of pandemic distance and confusion? You […]
August 15, 2022
Can Jewish Culture Exist Without Religion?
If bagels, Hanukkah and movies on Christmas were enough for my childhood, then why isn’t it enough for my children?
August 15, 2022
A Season Of Remembering
On Passover, along with Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron we tell our families and friends to never forget our tragic pasts.
August 15, 2022
Eat, Pray, Love: Spending Rosh Hashanah In Italy’s Smallest Jewish Community
This was not my first Jewish holiday away from home. Studying abroad in London, my friends tossed crumpets in the Thames for Tashlich. Living in rural Thailand, my boyfriend and […]
August 15, 2022
Black Lives Matter Not Just For Americans
The Jews stranded in Ethiopia have been promised authorization to make Aliyah for decades.
August 15, 2022
Teach Your Children to Be Accepting of Disabilities
“Children learn through imitation, and as they grow older, they form habits and opinions by repeating what they see and hear.”
August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
A Convert’s Passover: Lutefisk Out Of Water
As a convert to Judaism, there is a part of me that will always feel a bit like Lutefisk trying to be Gefilte fish. My first Passover Seder was no exception.
August 15, 2022
Here’s What I Know About Parenthood…
I believe we are put us on this earth to experience joy and love and happiness. What feels right to me as a parent is right. What feels right to you as a parent is right.