holidays
Sympathy Fast for Esther
Today is the Fast of Esther, the fast that comes the day before Purim, since Purim is happening two days ...
VeNahafoch Hu: The Force of Creative Destruction
Purim is a celebration of reversals. The Book of Esther, which is traditionally read twice on the holiday, states in ...
Blogger’s Pick: What to Do on Purim
As a kid, Purim was a pretty great holiday. My synagogue had a big carnival with tons of food and ...
(Jerry) Wolfman, DDS
Have you seen the new Wolfman movie? Yeah, me neither. Not my cup of tea. Plus Benicio Del Toro is ...
Many Takes on Hamantaschen
We’re closing in on Purim, and in my apartment that means it’s time to start making candy vodka, and of ...
Best of the Week
As of ten minutes ago, I was really happy with the amount of views our Christmas in Calgary video had ...
Poll: Purim Costumes
While we here at MJL may be focusing a good amount of attention on Tu Bishvat, which is tomorrow, we ...
Does Drew Brees Have A Speech Impediment?
Super Bowl fever is upon us (make sure you to get vaccinated. We wouldn’t want to spread it to the ...
Back to the Garden
This essay is reprinted with the permission of Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.With Tu Bishvat coming up, ...
How Much Do You Know About Tu Bishvat?
I know 85% of everything there is to know about Tu Bishvat. Not bad. Back when I was at McGill, ...