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Digging Your Own Graveyard Book

When you’re an observant Jew and you have more than a passing interest in the non-observant world, it can cause ...

Rosh Hashana in Antarctica

A couple of days ago, we received this email: I am a Jew working in Antarctica as part of the ...

How to Repent Right

The idea of repentance always fills me with performance anxiety. Most of it’s due to the prayer service, which starts ...

No need for TiVo

I’ve been looking forward to the Presidential Debates for a while.  Last week though, I looked at a calendar and ...

Rosh Hashana round-up

HighHolidayService.com is a great way to find a Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur service near you. (Thanks to Jeff Seidel ...

Why can’t the year be braided?

I hate the High Holidays.  I know, I know.  I’m not alone.  Who actually enjoys the crowded shuls, the breakup ...

Rosh Hashanah cooking done right

As my dad would say: If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Well, Melbourne-based chef Malki ...

Georgia on My Mind

Today at the office, we were talking about traditional Rosh Hashanah food. Black-eyed peas, primarily as a Sephardic custom, came ...

The Rock of Repentence

Jeremiah Lockwood is the frontsman, singer, and lead guitarist The Sway Machinery, a band that belts out roots, rock, blues, ...

Ode to an Orange

I like to consider myself MJL’s resident Jim Henson expert (though Matthue frequently tries to steal my title). Loyal blog ...

Report to synagogue, midnight — sharp!

Because everybody loves a Saturday night….The night before last, all over the world, Jews began saying Selichot, the confessional prayers ...

Rosh Hashanah Dinner Challenge

Our friends over at The Jew & the Carrot are holding a contest to see who can create the greenest ...