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The Pedagogy of Nemo: What a Winter Storm Can Teach Us About Shabbat
Well, that was an unexpected weekend! For those of you who do not live in the Northeast, we just got ...
On Valentines Day, Hamantaschen and Jews
Yesterday I posted our latest guest post featuring a gorgeous Valentines Day themed tri-color cupcake. And while I am not ...
Denouncing Germany’s Haman from Harlan, Kentucky
Few places in America are more remote than southeastern Kentucky. Back in the early 20th century, a handful of Jewish ...
Seeking: Persian Purim Treats!
I have had a lot of confessions this week…so here is yet another one: my husband and I are obsessed ...
“The Power is YOURS!”
Did you grow up watching Captain Planet? (I didn’t – but that’s a long story; apparently I have some catching ...
Excuse Me, Do You Know What Time It Is?
There is an old joke about the Israeli fellow who would always ask people for the time. People would get irritated, ...
A Real-Life Purim Superhero: An Interview with Elisabeth Kushner
The world’s first LGBT inclusive Jewish children’s book in English has arrived!Published by Kar-Ben Publishing, an award-winning publisher of Jewish ...
The ISJL at 13: Resolutions
2013 marks the ISJL’s thirteenth year of existence.Our B’nai Mitzvah Year.*We will go through many of the same things any ...
Living the Legacy: Shabbat Suppers Continuing MLK’s Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is two weeks from today – Monday, January 21, 2013. This year, consider celebrating Dr. ...
Scenes Around the South
As 2012 draws to a close, we thought we’d share some recent images from our staff’s travels around the South ...
A Jewish Thanksgiving in Avalon
Every Thanksgiving I think of the Thanksgiving scene in the 1990 film Avalon, one of Barry Levinson’s semi-autobiographical Baltimore films. Avalon tells a ...