holidays

Over at Contentions, Hillel Halkin has posted a thought about one of the Passover Haggadah’s most difficult texts: shfokh hamatkha, ...

Ima is cleaning.When I was pregnant, I ate saltine crackers in bed to ward off the morning sickness. When my ...

Here are some great sites to get your kids or students excited about Passover. Babaganewz has a terrific magic trick, ...

The Forward‘s got the scoop on novelist Jonathan Safran Foer’s next writing projects. The first is a continuation to his ...

Today is Shushan Purim, the day Purim is celebrated in cities that were “walled” at the time of Joshua. Most ...

Purim’s coming and it’s time to have some fun! Here are some terrific websites with lots of activities for kids:  ...

Valentine’s Day is problematic for Jews. Not only is it a saint’s day, but it’s got a nasty history of ...

Tu Bishvat is behind us, which means that Purim is less than a month away. Have you started thinking about ...

It’s notable and laudable that many Jewish groups commemorate Martin Luther King Day, but I’ve always found it a bit ...

What happens when Christmas and Hanukkah don’t coincide? Simple. Extend Hanukkah! It seems many of us have adopted the model ...