Daily Dreidel: A Hanukkah Activity For Couples
Hanukkah approaches. In this busy season, it’s easy to neglect your relationship as you get swept up in cooking, making the holiday special, and shuttling kids back and forth. If […]
Parenting By Parsha: Vayishlach
This week’s portion begins with an ominous pronouncement: “Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.” Jacob is traveling with his […]
Parenting By Parsha: Toldot
This is the story of Isaac,” begins this week’s Torah portion, “son of Abraham.” After weeks of stories that star Abraham and Sarah, it seems as though Isaac will finally […]
Kedem & Kilimanjaro
I’ve given a few different irreverent answers when people have asked why I’m undertaking this physically demanding (and not cheap) journey to climb Kilimanjaro. If you must know, there’s some […]
Finding Fall
It’s been a good run Of late summer fun But fall is creeping in As I sit by my place I start beginning to trace Signs of the new season […]
The Jewish Case For Rent Stabilization
When I go to rallies and marches for progressive social change, I often hear the phrase chanted “Housing is a human right!” and I wonder to myself – what does […]
Parenting By Parsha: Bereshit
My first thought when I finished reading this week’s portion was, “Wow, that was a lot.” In one Torah portion, the Bible takes us through two iterations of the creation […]
Parenting By Parsha: Chol HaMoed Sukkot
Tdhis week’s Torah portion is a throwback — way back to Exodus, when the Israelites were about to receive the Torah at Mt. Sinai. This seems a little strange. What […]
Rosh Hashanah with a Persian Twist
As an American with both Persian and Jewish roots, I have the privilege of celebrating new beginnings three times each year on New’s Year’s Eve, Nowruz, and Rosh Hashanah, marking […]
Parenting By Parsha: Vayeilech
This week’s Torah portion is short and sweet — just one chapter of the book of Deuteronomy — which suits me just fine. Who has time to be reading long […]