Mixed Multitudes
Convertibles in the Snow
Jennifer Traig, author of Well Enough Alone, is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.This New Year ...
Cloudy, with a Chance of Falafel
Movie titles translate differently into different cultures. There are all sorts of tangled idioms associated with different cultures. For instance, ...
10 Days to a Better You: Day 4
With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...
Special Guest at the Chabad Telethon
Apple and Honey may be the traditional sign that the new year is here, but as of late, you can ...
My Favorite Fast
I know it’s kind of weird to have a favorite fast day, but I do. Tzom Gedaliah, I kind of ...
The Secret Shofar of Barcelona
Rafael lives in 15th-century Spain. His father, Don Fernando, is the conductor of the Barcelona Symphony. But their family harbors ...
10 Days to a Better You: Days 1, 2, & 3
The High Holidays are a great time to think about how we can improve ourselves. With Yom Kippur bearing down ...
My Last Post (Of The Year)
Let’s cap off 5769 (that’s the year right?) with some cool links from the past week on MyJewishLearning.com. Print ’em ...
Food, Glorious Food
How does kosher salt (or, more correctly “koshering salt”) differ from other salt? (JCarrot)Tova Mirvis looks at the impact in ...
Beep beep Shanah Tovah Beep Beep!
You are probably sending all of your Jewish friends messages wishing them a Shanah tovah today. You might be doing ...