Don’t Get Drunk On Purim
Cautionary tales of Purim
August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
How Religion Will Save Our Planet
We have language from our tradition to recover awe and wonder of nature.
August 15, 2022
11 Reasons Purim Is The Perfect Vegan Holiday
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 […]
August 15, 2022
Don’t Passover Shame Me
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.
August 15, 2022
An Inspiring Ninth of Av
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 […]
August 15, 2022
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
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
Portrait of the Artist as a Self-Hating Jew
She was hiding in the countryside because she was Jewish. But she was an anti-Semite. A fascinating look at French author Irène Némirovsky.
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.