Dealing With A Late Change Of Heart About Camp
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, Members of my family have been going to the same […]
June 20, 2024
June 16, 2024
Boone County Distilling: Creating Bourbon With A Kosher-Certification
This week on the Jewish Drinking Show: Having come across some interesting products that were kosher-certified that I would not have expected to be as such, I was fascinated to […]
June 14, 2024
As People of the Book, Our Library Is Continuing to Grow Beautifully
This week, we are celebrating Shavuot, the holiday where we commemorate the incredible gift of the Torah. We eat dairy foods (meant to acknowledge the land flowing with “milk and […]
June 13, 2024
How Much To Fight Over a Dress Debacle?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, Right before my son’s wedding this past weekend, I […]
June 11, 2024
Unofficially Officially – – – – – Jewish
When my daughter’s birth certificate still hadn’t arrived a month later, I knew I had to bite the bullet and call the Ministry. After 57 minutes on hold, I was […]
June 3, 2024
The Creamy Whip Ten Commandments
Shavuot is fast approaching the holiday celebrating the receiving of the law on Mount Sinai. In some cruel irony, Ashkenazi Jews, a population that has some of the worst guts […]
May 31, 2024
13 Pieces Of Advice For Planning A B’Mitzvah
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Readers, My daughter’s bat mitzvah was this past Shabbat, and it was, […]
May 30, 2024
We are What We Pay Attention To…And It Sure Feels Like Antisemitism Is Getting a Pass
In an attention economy like ours, what we pay attention to becomes what we endorse. We may strive to be deep thinkers, highly cultured, and sophisticated. Yet, we can’t help […]
May 29, 2024
Lives Of Tavernkeeping Jews In 18th And 19th Century Poland
This week on the Jewish Drinking show, Rabbi Drew welcomes Professor Glenn Dynner to discuss Jewish tavernkeepers in 18th—and 19th-century Poland. Professor Dynner currently serves as Director of the Bennett Center […]
May 25, 2024
How Do I Set Boundaries With My Jewish Colleagues?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I work in the Jewish education sector at an […]