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Today’s Jewel of Elul — The Sign
Todays Jewel of Elul from Craig and Co. is by Harriet Rossetto, the founder of Beit T’shuvah, the first and ...
Michael Vick Does Teshuva
It’s Elul for Michael Vick, too. After pleading guilty to charges related to his involvement in dogfighting, Vick gave a ...
Today’s Jewel of Elul — Teach Them To Swim
Today’s Jewel of Elul from Craig and Co. is by Jerome Groopman, a professor of medicine at Harvard and a ...
Jewels of Elul
With the beginning of Elul (duly noted by Lili earlier today) our friends over at Craig and Co. have unveiled ...
Elul Musings
This is my first Elul as a mother, but not my first as a daughter. WOW do I have a ...
Did You Get Your Sweetie Flowers?
Today is Tu B’av, the Jewish “Valentine’s Day.” Tu B’Av, the 15th Day of Av, is both an ancient and ...
Eicha
Cantillation or trope has always mesmerized me. I know of no other religion that has a similar system for chanting ...
Fasting on Tisha B’av
The fast day of Tisha B’av begins tonight. Like Yom Kippur, this fast lasts a full 26 hours. Argh. I ...
July 4th, 1976 (Not 1776)
Tomorrow, Independence Day, is important for American Jews, but it is not only our freedom we should be celebrating.On July ...
17th of Tammuz
Reaching for your morning coffee? Think again! Today is the 17th of Tammuz, a minor fast day.Today’s fast commemorates the ...
In Vienna
I’m currently in Vienna as part of a delegation of (youngish) Jews from New York. The trip is being organized ...