How To Manage The Stress Of Passover Kashrut?
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 […]
April 3, 2025
March 28, 2025
Do I Invite Relatives I Disagree With Politically To Our Family Bat Mitzvah?
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
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 […]
March 26, 2025
Foody Fun Pesach
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
Ask the Rabbi: Is Keeping Kosher Going to End My Friendship?
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
The Still Small Voice
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. […]
March 13, 2025
How To Politely Turn Down Purim Gifts
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, My synagogue is a place where people tend to […]
March 8, 2025
How To Help My New Son-In-Law Through Grief
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, Our new son-in-law’s father (who is Catholic) has been […]
March 8, 2025
Ask a Rabbi: Dealing with Family Who Have Differing Views on Israel
Rabbi, my child is a college student at Ohio State. In the past several months, they have become more and more anti-Zionist as the situation in Israel drags on. Our […]
March 5, 2025
Purim – It’s Not What it Seems
Like Tu b’Shvat, which I wrote about last month, Purim also suffers from the image of being a pediatric holiday. Purim is fun. We give and get gifts of food, […]