A Random Walk With Rashi: Salubrious and Sagacious
We continue with Abraham and Issac. This week we tackle more of the Akedah, the binding of Isaac.
A Random Walk With Rashi: Adrift Without Punctuation
Love means never having to say you’re it, son.
Recipe: Passover Crack(er)
Topping a matzoh with caramel and chocolate makes for an addictive Passover treat, but that’s just the beginning.
Book Review: The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
I missed the book signing, but Deb Perlman’s Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is filled with recipes that will delight your taste buds and earn you a place at every dinner with your in-laws.
Our Lunch With Rabbi Gershom Sizomu
Rabbi Gershom Sizomu leads a group of 1,500 people who somehow managed to create a thriving Jewish community in the landlocked country of Uganda.
Two Jews on Parenting: Ready? Oh, K.
One of these 5 year olds is starting kindergarten. The other is finishing. And as usual, their parents have a lot to say about it.
Reuniting With History: One Family’s Auschwitz Journey
Seventy-one years ago today my great-grandfather was arrested and sent to Auschwitz. This month, my family published his memoir.
There is No Good Way of Explaining Hate to Your Children
A reflection on Anti-Semitism and Hate in general, from Minneapolis to Boston.
Ian’s Happy Ending
” There was this crazy thing where grown-ups were behaving badly, but MORE of the grown-ups were doing the right thing, and he will remember that.”
Celebrate Shavuot with a Classic Israeli Cheesecake
Mmm… cheesecake.