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.
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?
Holy Mascara
Jewish women, makeup, and potential. A dvar on this week’s parshah.
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.
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.
The Rise of Reformadox Judaism
Contributing writer, Nina Badzin, wonders if she’s a Reformadox Jew.
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.
What Doesn’t Kill you on Tu B’Shevat
There was no time to think, scream, blink, anything. Just trees, coming toward my windshield.
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?”
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.
Crap. It’s New Years.
In case you didn’t realize – NYE is on Friday. Commence your panicking in 3, 2, 1…
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.
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?
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
With Xmas falling on Shabbat this year, what will your celebration look like? (Your *shabbat* celebration, of course. Sheesh – what did you think I was getting at?)
Hanukkah? It’s Greek To Me
Bradley Machov retells the ancient drama from an era that “reads like a Mafia crime drama” and draws a modern day analogy to make sure you really understand the miracle of the oil.
Hanukkah, Mistletoe and the Hillel Rabbi
I circle around the room, thinking of The Gift of the Magi story by O. Henry and trying not to cast myself in an overly romanticized version of it (substituting holidays instead of gifts for the self-sacrificing lovers).
In Need of a Hanukkah Tradition
I haven’t established a tradition of daily gift giving during Hanukkah. But this is the year my children get eight gifts, even if they’re lame gifts. Advice?
50 Things We Love About Being Jewish In MSP
Here’s our list of the 35 and counting things we love about being Jewish in the Twin Cities. Won’t you help us think of even more?
Monday Dish: Can Jews Celebrate Thanksgiving?
I’m willing to bet a pumpkin pie that most of us will be spending Thursday with family and/or friends celebrating Thanksgiving. But let’s dish: is it ok for Jews to celebrate Turkey Day?
