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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Judaica definition: any object, artifact, or text related to Judaism, encompassing religious books, ceremonial items, artworks, and historical materials and covers a wide range of items from ancient manuscripts and Torah scrolls to modern pieces of jewelry and decorative art. Join me for a tour of our local Jewish store, Afikomen Judaica, in Berkeley. We’ll…
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Parents are the primary teachers for their children. We are often told to utilize age appropriate materials and methods. What is “age appropriate”? Cornell Law School of Education states: The term “age-appropriate” means suitable (in terms of topics, messages, and teaching methods) to the developmental and social maturity of the particular age or age group of…
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Whether you’re the Jewish parent or the non-Jewish parent, you’re probably busy. That makes integrating Jewish traditions an additional task – and a time consuming one at that! What can you do? What do you have time to do?? Who is in your home – toddlers, school age kids, teens, just the two of you?…
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A Jew may ask their spouse to agree to have a “Jewish” home. But what does that mean? To a non-Jewish loved one it may simply mean that some of the people in the house identify as Jews. But our partners deserve a more in-depth answer. One Jew may say, a Jewish home has Jewish…
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(Rabbi Stein of B’nai Shalom in Walnut Creek. An online sermon) I feel like attaching an audio link to the Simon & Garfunkel song, “It’s All Happening at the Zoo” and then writing new lyrics that say, “It’s all happening on the internet”. Every doggone thing is online! Today I read that during the pandemic…
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