It’s the BIG one, Christmas! What will you do on December 25? I like this article’s opening which says, there’s more than one way to spend Christmas Day. For some folks Christmas Eve is the time for a big meal and presents under the tree. Then it’s a hike on Christmas Day. For many of us it’s…
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I’ve scheduled a couple of terrific classes for 2022 and want to give you a heads-up. First, we’ll look at a topic that people fear for no reason: Honoring Your Jewish Child’s Non-Jewish Heritage How will you teach your children about the “other” parent’s traditions and heritage? Every child must know who they are, where…
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Oh Hanukkah, Oh Christmas, you poor misunderstood holidays! If I could, I would educate all of America about these two surprisingly recent blockbuster holidays. If their pasts were understood it would be easier to speak of them without rousing anxiety and resentment. Let’s just keep in mind that that’s the water in which we are…
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Is there anything more important to us than our children? And I define children very broadly – the next generation, all those young folks who will be in charge of the world when we are retired. We love them and want them to thrive. One area that I am quite adamant about is SUPPORTING the…
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(Photo by Renee Lynn Frojo) As many of you know I have a mixed family – mixed religions, mixed races, mixed cultures. Personally I love it. One of the areas that I find to be wonderfully malleable is FOOD. There are so many opportunities to blend cuisines between traditions! I read this beautiful email from…
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Halloween is a straight up pagan and Christian holiday. How do Jews and Jewish institutions reconcile its observance? First of all, many Jews don’t feel any allure emanating from this holiday. They don’t feel that it will alter their children’s investment in Judaism, nor will it impact their identity. I completely understand this perspective. In…
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