April 19, 2023
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 […]
April 18, 2023
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. To honor this day, I would like to share a family story. This is a love story during World War II between my great-grandmother: Bronia, […]
April 18, 2023
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 […]
April 18, 2023
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 […]
April 16, 2023
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 […]
April 14, 2023
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 […]
April 6, 2023
Two years ago on erev Passover, my mother’s first cousin emailed us an amazing surprise: he’d received an audio recording of an extended family seder from the late 1950s from […]
March 30, 2023
At Passover, we are called to imagine ourselves as part of the Exodus. To support this, we are encouraged to amend and augment tradition to reflect the times. The Seder […]
March 28, 2023
I find myself a stranger in a strange land. I was a stranger in my own body after experiencing physical trauma in a sports accident. The pain in my ankle […]
March 7, 2023
Every year we listen to the retelling of the story of Purim, and every year there is something new to learn or to take with you. Maybe it’s the steadfast […]