Why Can’t My Neighbor Pronounce My Name?
Got a question? E-mail me to submit a question, and to read future Miriam’s Advice Well columns, visit miriamsadvicewell.com weekly on Thursday. Dear Miriam, My neighbor doesn’t know how to […]
Temple Israel Announces Passing of Rabbi Sim Glaser
Rabbi Sim Glaser, who had served at Temple Israel from 1999 until 2021, passed away Tuesday, April 18, from pancreatic cancer. He was 67 years old. Temple Israel announced that […]
Meaningful Interactions Everywhere, Even The Edge Of A Crater
MITZPEH RAMON, Israel – I went rappelling once in my life before Wednesday morning. Check that. I attempted to go rappelling once in my life before Wednesday morning. Long story […]
A Personal Yom HaShoah
Last night we began the observance of Yom Hashoah v’Hag’vurah (the Jewish National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust and the Heroism) at the Monument to the Martyrs of Zagłębie, just […]
Flowers at Auschwitz
The Creeping Thistle is no flower. Although it’s reddish-light purple, globe like ball of fluff makes you think otherwise, the aggressive weed is illegal in different parts of the United […]
A Somber, Reflective Commemoration of Yom HaShoah In Israel
MODI’IN, Israel – In a clearing in the Bet Shemen Forest of the Jewish National Fund, the picnic tables that were spread out looked like any park that any Experience […]
Who The Folk?! Miriam Monasch
Miriam Monasch is a veteran of working at Six Points Theater, and is back as the director of the upcoming Six Points Theater show The Wanderers, running April 29-May 14. […]
Saturday Night’s Alright (For Protesting)
JERUSALEM – The weekly Saturday protests have been a fixture of Israeli life for months in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. And […]
Travel Anxiety and a First-Timers Visit To Israel
The trip anxiety started a week ago. It always starts a week before traveling. Sleeping poorly because I’m worrying about packing too much. Or too little. Did I bring the […]
How Do I Handle An Inappropriate Book Of Torah Commentary?
Got a question? E-mail me to submit a question, and to read future Miriam’s Advice Well columns, visit miriamsadvicewell.com weekly on Thursday. Dear Miriam, An elderly family friend recently passed […]