A veritable Hanukkah miracle, The Hallmark Channel interrupts its December Christmasaplaooza with one new Jewish-focused movie every season. This year’s offering, aimed at the Interfaith crowd, is Oy To The World, […]
Ballet has always been a part of Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies’s life. “I always loved the way that ballet has been able to tell stories,” she said. When she was younger, her […]
The sound of the shofar makes me emotional, but I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe it’s the hearing the sound of something our people have done for thousands of years. […]
May 7, 1945, is not as well-known as other World War II dates such as Pearl Harbor or D-Day. But its significance – that Spring day 80 years ago is […]
Men feature heavily in the story of Hanukkah as it is usually recounted. Both in winning the war against Antiochus and the enormous Syrian/Greek empire, and in the miracle of […]
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, It’s that time of year… How do I respond […]
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, Between the made-up promotional holidays of Black Friday, Cyber […]
It’s difficult to envision something that is not there. Perhaps there is a plaque, or a wall, or maybe a dilapidated building that stands to represent what once was. You […]
Stiller and Meara, as comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara were known, were married for over 60 years, through times of great success (dozens of appearances on The Ed […]
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, This is the most basic 2025 parenting question ever, […]