How To Connect With The ‘Loner’ At Synagogue?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, There is a single guy at our synagogue who […]
New Documentary About Shari Lewis Is A Warm, Loving Portrait Of The Legendary Performer
If you were an American kid between the late 1950s and the end of the 20th Century, chances are you watched some incarnation of children’s entertainer, educator and ventriloquist Shari […]
Animated Long Story Short Brings Heart, Hilarity
When I first heard of Long Story Short, I was very intrigued by its premise as an animated show centered on a Jewish family. It checked off one of my […]
Eleanor The Great A Moving Contemplation Of Grief And Friendship
At 95, Oscar-nominated actress June Squibb is having quite the third-act renaissance, starring in her first leading role (Thelma) only last year. And in this year’s Eleanor The Great, Squibb, […]
Lulav Lessons
Two years after the worst massacre against the Jewish people since the Shoah, two years since our brothers and sisters were taken hostage, two years into the longest war Israel […]
Israeli Singer Noga Erez is Threading A Needle
Proving that the comeback is always greater than the setback, Israeli rap sensation Noga Erez will touch down in Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 16, and the sold-out show at the […]
On My Daughter’s Bat Mitzvah
Thirteen years ago, I held you for the very first time. I’d already come to know you while you grew inside my belly – I talked and sang to you […]
Adi’s Story
Early in the summer, our age group at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin — Eidah — gathered in our very own Moadon Nivonim. Surrounded by all my friends, we sat together […]
I Sat Alone in Shul Today
I sat alone in shul today. It wasn’t how I had planned it to be – not in the short-term, nor in the long term. This wasn’t the first time […]
From Prague to Palestine to 2049: A New Jewish Fiction Series You’ll Read Obsessively
For over a year now, I’ve been working on a manuscript, and I’m honored to share some news! Beginning this October, I will be publishing the book in serial installments […]