holidays
Holiday Happenings
December is upon us – already! That means, of course, ’tis the season. So does Christmas dominate in the South? ...
Yiddish Chickens, Screaming Latkes, and a Pig Who Wants to Be Kosher
What do Yiddish-speaking chickens, screaming latkes, and a pig who really, really wants to be kosher have in common?They’re all ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Most of us are hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. With gratitude on our minds, we are grateful to ...
Hanukkah 2012 Gift Guide
The High Holidays are over and Thanksgiving is around the corner. That can only mean one thing here at MyJewishLearning: ...
Online classes with MyJewishLearning
This Holiday season MyJewishLearning is offering two live, interactive, online classes designed to help you prepare for Thanksgiving.Global Day of ...
It’s Ours!
My childhood memories of the festival of Simchat Torah center around a paper flag topped with a candy-apple and candy ...
Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
I don’t know how or when it happened. But somehow, in the not too distant past, the pinnacle of the ...
Reclaiming the Joy of Torah
With the holiday of Simchat Torah coming up, rabbinical student Becky Silverstein considers how the Jewish calendar lets her renew ...
The High Holiday Research Method
With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur just behind us, I thought I would share a little bit about the significance ...
High Holy Days: Collective Sin, Collective Success
Within the liturgy of Yom Kippur, guilt is assumed to be collective, as we communally recite the sins. That being ...