In Israel, Memorial Day is known as Yom Hazikaron. It’s a far cry from our Memorial Day – instead of sales and barbecues, much of the country shuts down for twenty-four hours, and the entire country truly does shut down [...]
In Israel, Memorial Day is known as Yom Hazikaron. It’s a far cry from our Memorial Day – instead of sales and barbecues, much of the country shuts down for twenty-four hours, and the entire country truly does shut down [...]
On the second day of Passover, a curious time for a show of interest to the Jewish community to be broadcast, I happened to turn on Fresh Air with Terry Gross when she was interviewing Judith Shulevitz about her new [...]
After seeing two children through toddlerhood, I have sat through enough rounds of “Hello, everybody, so glad to see you” in Music Together classes to set my teeth on edge. If only we had something like this music class, Jewish [...]
My level of religious observance has gone through many phases. I was raised in a minimally observant, but highly Jewishly identified, home. I went to Orthodox day school, Labor Zionist sleepover camp, and a Conservative synagogue, followed by a mostly [...]
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Teaching the Four Questions to young children
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Guess what's Kosher for Passover (this will change your life.)
posted 5:02:27pm Mar. 22, 2012 | read full post »
The New American Haggadah - and the winners are....
posted 5:17:33pm Mar. 20, 2012 | read full post »
Why I love the New American Haggadah (and it's not just because I got to have a martini with Nathan Englander.)
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