holidays
A Vow for the Nine Days: ‘Fess Up
One of the customary practices in these nine days is the avoidance of meat: it’s the way we commemorate the ...
Making Two Holidays Work
Growing up in the South, I was always amazed that some schools and institutions closed on the High Holidays or ...
The Pursuit of Happiness
This week Newsweek features an article called “Does Having Kids Make You Happy?”The author gives a list of experts, surveys, ...
Studying Tikkun Olam
From our friends at Jspot.org: Just in time for Shavuot, Jewish Funds for Justice has released a study guide on ...
Object Origins
Recently Dunkin’ Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food Network personality Rachael Ray after a Fox ...
Lag B’Omer
Reform Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman says of Israel’s Lag Ba’omer bonfires: “This is an ecological disaster, it’s virtually rabbi-sanctioned vandalism. Nowadays ...
Lag Ba’Omer Recipe
Lag Ba’Omer is next week, and one of the customs of this minor holiday is to light bonfires and eat ...
Just Say No to Bamba
I rarely agree with the Haredim, but recently they have instituted a boycott against Bamba and other Israeli snacks: The ...
What’s Today’s Date?
So yesterday, I decided to be all festive and celebrate Israel. Struggling to figure out what I wanted for lunch, ...
A Hero In Heaven
Today is Yom Hazikaron, Israeli’s Memorial Day. I’d like to take the opportunity to tell our readers about the life ...