April 18, 2025
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
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
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
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 […]
April 3, 2025
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, My partner and I are hosting my in-laws for […]
March 28, 2025
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I am preparing for my daughter’s bat mitzvah in […]
March 27, 2025
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 […]
March 26, 2025
The minute Purim is over, I start thinking about Passover. Who am I kidding? I start thinking about Pesach right after Tu b’Shvat, but I try not to DO anything […]
March 20, 2025
Do you have a question you’d like answered? Submit it anonymously here! I made a new friend at the JCC who is Orthodox. I invited her over to my house […]
March 14, 2025
We have a Yom Kippur tradition in our family. Call it family custom, call it superstition, but we do not attend Yizkor service until we’ve lost someone close to us. […]