Waking Up
The month of Elul provides an opportunity – or perhaps a nudge – to wake up and pay attention.
Tag: "Jewish holidays"
Home for the Holy Days: Twin Cities Communities Welcome You
Not having a “home” for the High Holy Days can make you feel a little lonely. Here’s our 3rd annual lists of Twin Cities synagogues and independent minyans that invite you to join them.
Sep 06, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Crooked Lines on the Ninth of Av
I’m seeing a 1930s movie star, someone snarly like Bette Davis, saying “God has nothing to with it,” in the middle of a party on Park Avenue. How would she have written the book of Lamentations? I see her laughing when I ask.
Aug 07, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Not My Uncle’s Seder
Watching Josh that evening, I finally understood the saying about all of us escaping from Egypt every time the story is told. Because very likely we are all trying to escape.
Apr 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Oy Betcha: Purim? I don’t even know him!
So one more Jewish holiday has passed in which I’ve suffered, utterly confused, isolated, and bummed.
Mar 29, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Hamentashen Smack Down!
I’ll say it: hamentashen are not my favorite holiday treat. But, in the name of tradition, I went on a quest to find the best the city has to offer.
Mar 17, 2011 | 11 comments | View Post
One-Parent Purim
I know you’re out there—a single parent, newly minted and not expecting to be.
Mar 16, 2011 | 6 comments | View Post
What’s In Your Basket?
Seriously, I need to know. What’s going in your mishloach manot baskets/boxes/bags this year? I need ideas.
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Noshin: Drink Up, It’s Tu Bishvat Time [Updated]
Sometimes we need a reason to celebrate life. To pull us out of the everyday. Cheers to that.
Jan 13, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
Tisha B’Av: Day of Endings
There is no comfort in endings, no matter how much good might come to you at other times.
Jul 19, 2010 | 4 comments | View Post
The (real) Day the Earth Stood Still
This coming week is the anniversary of the most world changing event in the history of mankind. It is also one of the least well-known Jewish Festivals on the Jewish calendar.
May 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Are We There Yet? Standing At Sinai
“Do you believe Jews are chosen above all other people?” “Chosen for what?” I reply. “Suffering?” He looks as though he wants to kick me, but does not.
May 14, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
Noshin’ Recipe: Cheesecake and Blintzes for Shavuot
Shavuot commemorates the receiving of the Torah from Mount Sinai. To celebrate we eat milk-ful dishes like blintzes and cheesecake. I know — being Jewish is sooooooo rough.
May 13, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
Alef, Bet: On the other side of the Holocaust
I want my son to see a flaming Alef lighting the sky above us when he dreams at night; right now it is all I have.
Apr 08, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
Tu B’Shevat: Fruits of Jerusalem
We are alive, Josh and I, like the fruits of Jerusalem. The trees, figs, noise and clatter tell us we are alive, and we cannot take it for granted.
Jan 25, 2010 | 7 comments | View Post
