Beth Kander-Dauphin

Spotlight On: Midland/Odessa, Texas (31.9425° N, 102.2019° W)Welcome to the first installment of Spotlight.A lot of us think the subject ...

If you’ve never lived in the South, you might not be familiar with King Cakes. The brightly colored yellow-green-and-purple treats ...

I never thought of the traditional Southern dishes eaten for luck at the New Year as particularly Jewish– certainly not ...

Happy 2015! This year starts on a Thursday, which means the first Shabbat of 2015 is only a day away! ...

Today is Veteran’s Day. A rainy November Tuesday. I began my day at my computer, appreciating the Facebook statuses honoring ...

The stereotype that “Jews run Hollywood” didn’t come up much when I was a little kid; I doubt it comes up for most kids. ...

This post originally appeared on this site on September 14, 2012. We re-share it now with our wishes for a ...

Today, as we dwell in this reflective month of Elul and prepare for the high holidays ahead, we also recall ...

“‘It’s the thought that counts’ is not a Jewish concept. What you do matters more than what you just think ...

Jews get lumped together a lot. Polls refer to “the Jewish vote.” We hear about the “Jewish response.” Labels of Jewish are ...