holidays

Every year I get a call from my mother, “Remind me again, do we eat peanuts on Passover?”This question should ...

It seems like the whole world is afire with Jonathan Safran Foer’s new haggadah, which he’s been planning since at ...

As I write this, I am simultaneously:1. Compulsively checking my email, Twitter, and Facebook. 2. Waiting for an “important” text ...

As a child, I looked forward to Purim each year. I spent weeks planning my costume and savored the excitement ...

Those of us who fall under the general rubric of “believers” may feel a sense of God’s presence in our ...

Tuesday night is Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees. To celebrate it, our great friend and supporter Edgar ...

Hanukkah started last night, and one candlelighting, one family Hanukkah party, and one early-morning Hallel later, I’m channeling the spirit ...

The idea for Too Many Latkes! came from one of my fondest childhood memories. My mother was the office manager ...

“What is Hanukah?”  the Talmud asks and typically each year at this time we are reminded by a variety of ...

The memory of my cousin handing me my first copy of MAD Magazine when I was 12 is still fresh in ...