holidays
What is Hanukah?
“What is Hanukah?” the Talmud asks and typically each year at this time we are reminded by a variety of ...
A Cartoon Education
The memory of my cousin handing me my first copy of MAD Magazine when I was 12 is still fresh in ...
Hanukkah Mad Libs
This Hanukkah enjoy the holiday with more than just latkes and dreidels. MyJewishLearning is hooking you up with a Hanukkah ...
Hanukkah Songs 2011
If you’re getting ready for Hanukkah — lighting candles? doing seasonal meditation? throwing a party? — and you need the ...
Fighting Poverty with Faith
It’s four days after Thanksgiving and I am feeling guilty. My family enjoyed a weekend of delicious leftovers from our ...
Shabbos is Coming!
Last week was the first week of early Shabbat. Once the clocks go back, Shabbat jumps back an hour, too. ...
Got Gelt?
What’s your way of giving tzedakah?Our friends at American Jewish World Service are launching an exciting new project. Where Do ...
Halloween, Brooklyn Style
So yesterday was Halloween, a holiday that causes me no end of consternation.You know how the Official Jewish Community is always ...
We Have a Winner
Thank you to everyone who entered our High Holiday Photo contest. We were on the hunt for great pictures of ...
She-mix-ni Atzeret
Tonight starts Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, the final round of Jewish holidays — for this month, anyway! Here’s a ...