holidays
Decorating A Sukkah
Now having lived in our house for just about a year, my husband and I are building our first sukkah. ...
Children and the High Holidays
As part of my job as a staff member for my synagogue’s youth group, I helped our high school students ...
A Fancy Chabadnik
In this week’s Forward, Dani Shapiro writes about an experience that most of us have experienced. I was pushing my ...
What We Leave Behind
During Yom Kippur services this year, I came up with the best praying strategy I’ve ever had, I think. It’s ...
Early Yom Kippur Memory
I was just discussing in the office about how the first concert I ever attended was when I saw Shlock ...
I Command You to Eat
It’s Erev Yom Kippur, so everyone get eating! Just as there is a commandment to fast on Yom Kippur, there ...
Kol Nidrei for the Ages
Yesterday on Slate (apparent my new go-to blog for Jewish content other than Mixed Multitudes), Michael Weiss shared the history ...
Pink Ribbons and Yom Kippur
It’s October, which, as you may have noticed is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and there’s a pink ribbon on everything ...
Shana Tova from the Bottom of the World
I’m the helpdesk manager here at MJL — which means that any question that gets sent to the site drops ...
A Yom Kippur Poem
From Slate’s weekly poem collection. Click here to listen to the author Philip Schultz read it. You are asked to ...