Is It Disrespectful To Read Books During Services?
Dear Miriam, During Rosh Hashanah, I noticed a few people who were reading books other than the machzor during services. It seemed both like a great idea to have something […]
John Zorn@70: Kvelling Into a New Decade
Earlier this month, the Walker Art Center celebrated the 70th birthday of avant-garde Jewish composer and saxophonist John Zorn with a 12-hour concert cycle of chamber music featuring 20 musical […]
Who The Folk?! Ian Rosenthal
During the 2008 financial crisis, Ian Rosenthal nearly saw first-hand what it would be like to be unhoused. Watching their family nearly lose their house helped lead Rosenthal to their […]
Beekeepers Help To Ensure A Sweet New Year
On a sweltering late July morning, everyone’s tempers were short – those of the people and the roughly 80,000-plus honey bees in the hives maintained by the staff at Adath […]
Renowned Cookbook Author Adeena Sussman Brings ‘Shabbat’ Tour To Minneapolis
Adeena Sussman has co-authored 15 cookbooks, including three with model-turned-cookbook author Chrissy Teigen. Four years after her first solo effort, Sababa, hit the shelves Sussman had doubts as her newest […]
Who The Folk?! Rabbi Joey Glick
Rabbi Joey Glick had once said in a social media post that his socks got wet once in “mud season” and what followed was Shir Tikvah congregants concerned about whether […]
Quiet Your Soul
Part One of a Three-Part Series on Shabbat The celebrated author, Aldous Huxley, published The Perennial Philosophy in 1945. He called his era, “the age of noise,” and railed against […]
Is Being Invited To An Aufruf Worthy Of A Gift?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I was invited to a friend’s aufruf but not […]
Bradley Cooper Misses By A Nose
Bradley Cooper is producing and directing Maestro, the Leonard Bernstein story. Apparently, it’s a role he’s coveted for a long time, but for reasons one can only speculate about, he felt it […]
Like a Jew Among Jews: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
This piece originally ran on New Voices. TC Jewfolk is part of the New Voices Jewish Media Fellowship program. Subscribe to the New Voices newsletter. It’s not always been obvious to […]