Get out your skillets – it’s the month for fried foods! Hanukkah is one of those holidays that have the ADULT version and the CHILD version. Typically it is the G Rated version, the one focusing on bringing light into a dark time, the miracle of the oil lasting eight nights. That oil had brought us…
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Join us for a joyful Hannukah celebration at “Lots-a-Latkas!” I am co-hosting this community party with PJ Library and Temple Beth Abraham! It’s packed with family fun, delicious food, and meaningful holiday traditions. Activities for kids and adults. Enjoy adult drinks provided by the Men’s Club, along with a festive shmeer catered by the wonderful…
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Did you know that we humans have trouble conceiving of something that doesn’t have a name? Once it is named we build around the word. It doesn’t have to have a single definition, but we do need a centering point. So here’s a fairly new word, Christmakah. I think we are still inventing what it…
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(Image by Mike from Pixabay) I don’t remember when Christmas last fell on the first night of Hanukkah! While the holidays have overlapped in past years, I don’t remember this configuration. Does this make it EASIER OR HARDER for you? Please let me know because I don’t want to assume. Email me at dawn@buildingjewishbridges.org I am betting that some…
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(Image: Beth Emek’s Hanukkah celebration from 2 years ago.) PLEASE Join me Monday evening, Dec. 4, for a discussion of making the most of Hanukkah – for kids, but also for adults! See details below and here. In this time of darkness – literal and metaphorical – it is up to us to bring light and comfort….
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Christmas is a humongous holiday and Hanukkah, juxtaposed to it, is relatively minor. Should we emphasize its minimal status? Should we pull out all the plugs and paint the house blue? What’s the best way to support a Jewish child who may or may not be celebrating Christmas? Join me, Dawn, on Monday evening, December…
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