It’s “Party in the USA” – Passover Style
REMIX! “I put my yarmulke on, they’re playing my song, and the butterflies fly away….”
Category: Being Jewish
The Bitter Pill: Or Conversations with Hashem About Terror in Israel
AISH Rabbi Da-vid ponders how God wants us to respond to terror in Israel.
Mar 25, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Oy What a Shande: My Confession and a Question
I went to a doctor for a LASIK surgery exam, but the doctor WASN’T JEWISH! Could my thoughtlessness lead to the downfall of our people?
Mar 09, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Holy Mascara
Jewish women, makeup, and potential. A dvar on this week’s parshah.
Feb 25, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Shabbat Shalom: Letter to a Gum Bandit
I don’t want to meet you; but for ten minutes, the ten minutes you were in my garage at least, I want to be you.
Feb 18, 2011 | 6 comments | View Post
Becoming Michael Jordan, Off The Court
Basketball, like any sport, is won more off the field than on. It’s what you do when the lights aren’t shining that makes a difference.
Feb 04, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Rise of Reformadox Judaism
Contributing writer, Nina Badzin, wonders if she’s a Reformadox Jew.
Feb 02, 2011 | 45 comments | View Post
Just Jewish
I am Jewish, but not Pretty Jewish, or Culturally Jewish, or (my favorite) Jew-ish (with an emphasis on the ish); I’m just Jewish.
Jan 31, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
What Doesn’t Kill you on Tu B’Shevat
There was no time to think, scream, blink, anything. Just trees, coming toward my windshield.
Jan 19, 2011 | 14 comments | View Post
The Power of Healing
Debbie Friedman has given the world many gifts, but perhaps most precious are the gifts of blessing and healing.
Oy Betcha: The Question
Once you say you’re converting to Judaism, The Question follows. It has underpinnings of “Why in the world would you want to do that?”
Jan 17, 2011 | 6 comments | View Post
I am Jewish, by, and in Memory of, Debbie Friedman
In memory of her passing, we reprint Debbie Friedman’s essay on why she was Jewish. Her response to the murder of Daniel Pearl.
Jan 11, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Crap. It’s New Years.
In case you didn’t realize – NYE is on Friday. Commence your panicking in 3, 2, 1…
Dec 29, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
A Jew In The Woods
I’ve always used Jewish stereotypes to get out of doing things many other Minnesotans do. But later this week I’m heading to outstate Minnesota.
Dec 28, 2010 | 7 comments | View Post
The Spirit of Shabbat
The Torah says ‘Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.’ But what’s more important, the letter or the spirit of the law?
Dec 24, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
