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The Cell Phone Controversy
As a camper for many years, I’m a regular to knowing the most basic and common camp rules. For instance, ...
Celebrate, Jewish History, Purim, Southern & Jewish, Study
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 ...
Jewish Food? Czech!
Growing up, I didn’t realize that the food my grandparents served me wasn’t typical “Jewish” food. Sure, when I would visit ...
Celebrate, Jewish Thought, Live, Rabbis Without Borders, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
Who Will Live and Who Will Die?
We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...
Antisemitism & Bigotry, Jewish&
Jews and Muslims Coming Together in Minnesota
The final process of converting to Judaism is to meet with the beit din (a rabbinic “court” of three learned Jews, ...
Lusting for Pens and Pencils
I love pens and pencils. I have loved them all my life. Whenever and wherever I travel, I buy pens ...
Beliefs & Practices, Celebrate, Jewish&, Live, Pray, Rosh Hashanah
On Shofar Blowing and Racism
מִן-הַמֵּצַר, קָרָאתִי יָּהּ; עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ Out of the tight place I called to the LORD; God answered me ...
This Passover is Like the First Passover
Like our ancestors, we hunker down in our homes while a plague swirls around us, and look toward redemption.