A Difficult but Meaningful Fast
Fasting is an incredibly powerful tool for seeing deeper within ourselves and the world around us. Enter: Yom Kippur. A reflective article for the Highest of Holydays by Rabbi Avi Olitzky.
Tag: "Jewish holidays"
Shiksa Eats: Spaghetti Pie
Whether you have kids, or just are incompetent at eating spaghetti- like myself, this recipe turns spaghetti into a sliceable and eatable dish for the whole family.
Ask Rabbi Zalman: Sweet! There’s a Jewish Valentine’s Day Too?
TC Jewfolk’s column for questions you were afraid to ask in Hebrew school. Today’s question for Rabbi Zalman? Wait, so we get a Jewish Valentine’s Day? Tell me more! Says “Jewish Love Child.”
Ask Rabbi Zalman: What is This Tisha B’Av Thing?
Check out TC Jewfolk’s column for the questions you were afraid to ask in Hebrew school. The first question for Rabbi Zalman? What’s with this sad Tisha B’av holiday? Asks “Jewish Camp Alum.”
A Purim Primer: If You Can Read This You’re Still Too Sober
You can tell Purim is a real Jewish holiday because it follows the classic Jewish script: They tried to kill us. We won. So let’s eat. But is there more?
Purim…Not just for the Kids!
Is Purim a holiday just for kids with the adults as bystanders? Rabbi Locketz of Bet Shalom says no. Seriously? You’re supposed to drink until you don’t know the difference between Haman & Mordecai!
The Secret to One Balebusta’s Success
She went from unable to make scrambled eggs to a Shabbat-dinner-making, Sukkah-decorating, Seder-creating, full-fledged balebusta.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
One-Parent Purim
I know you’re out there—a single parent, newly minted and not expecting to be.
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.
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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.
Tisha B’Av: Day of Endings
There is no comfort in endings, no matter how much good might come to you at other times.
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.
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.
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.
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.