holidays

Despite the fact that it’s a celebration, I have bittersweet feelings about Juneteenth.Its origins are traced to Union troops arriving ...

How could I try to hide in plain sight? Well if I was well camouflaged I might use any combination ...

“The world we build tomorrow is born in the experiences we give our children today.”Our Jewish tradition is centered on ...

When I think about Shavuot, the first image that pops into my head is a mob of Israelites gathered at ...

There’s been some pretty intense facial hair around the ISJL office lately. If you stopped by in May, you might ...

According to Jewish tradition, the Torah has seventy “faces,” but is still one, unified Torah. On Shavuot, we celebrate the ...

Yet another holiday about which I am ambivalent, Mother’s Day seems this year to have engendered rather more commentary than ...

Tomorrow on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, I’ll be thinking about Arik Einstein z”l.  Einstein, who passed away at the ...

Falling apart is a kind of strength.At least, that’s what I’m learning as I reflect this week on the meaning ...

It’s one of our favorite Southern-and-Jewish recipes, and now that Passover is over, we can’t WAIT to bake this one ...