Jensen McRae and the Coming Tsunami
When tickets for the Jensen McRae concert at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on May 16 sold out weeks in advance of the tour date, I thought something was up. […]
When tickets for the Jensen McRae concert at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on May 16 sold out weeks in advance of the tour date, I thought something was up. […]
When a parent passes, one of the hardest parts – at least for me – is the “year of firsts” – the first holiday without them, birthdays, Mother’s or Father’s […]
Who was Andy Kaufman? A nice Jewish boy from Long Island who didn’t smoke or drink and practiced Transcendental Meditation? A nonsensical man-child? An angry jerk who pushed the limits […]
At various points throughout the year, I find myself quietly asking: What does my Judaism mean to me? What is the true depth of my connection to it? These questions […]
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, When I took out my Passover dishes this year, […]
Early in our relationship, I proclaimed, “I need to raise my kids Jewish.” My now husband said yes. Neither of us knew what that’d look like, but we were ready […]
At this time of year most women feel as though they are the slaves that came out of Egypt with the never ending Pesach cleaning, cooking and family catering. We […]
The name Art Spiegelman is guaranteed to evoke one word for anyone familiar with the artist: Maus. His Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel (to date, the only one to be so […]
We are less than a month away from Pesach, which in the mind of the Jew means it may as well be tomorrow. In fact, if you’re just thinking about […]
Growing up in New York, being Jewish was as natural as breathing – it was everywhere, woven into the fabric of daily life. Kosher delis dotted every neighborhood, Yiddish phrases […]