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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I’ve only gotten a couple of RSVPs to my November 9 field trip to Afikomen Judaica. Read some ideas of why you might enjoy coming below. Then if you are “sold” shoot me an email. If I don’t get critical mass, I’ll have to cancel. What makes a home “Jewish”? This can be answered…
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I’m headed off to New York to visit a beloved friend who has been diagnosed with cancer. I have a not-so-secret plan – if at the end of each visit I say, “See you next month,” he won’t die. He’ll have to stick around for my next visit. Do you ever make deals with God?…
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(Image of a chuppah available for rental at Afikomen) It’s the very end of June – a favorite month for weddings in America – and I received an email from Afikomen titled, Easy Chuppah Rentals, Home Gifts and Breaking Glasses. I decided to write to you about weddings this week. Let’s start with some rarely…
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Last month I had another online workshop with adults who grew up in interfaith families. Their comments were profound and moving. They had been raised in various degrees of Jewish observance and identity. There was stunning moment when one of them talked about explaining their background in a conversation. She said, “I told the man…
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