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 […]
April 18, 2023
April 16, 2023
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 […]
April 14, 2023
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 […]
April 6, 2023
Imagining My Ancestors’ Passover Helps Me To Prepare For My Own
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
Add Flavor To Your Seder With Mexican Charoset, Passover Salsa
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
Facing Injury and Surgical Recovery: A Jewish Perspective
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
Thank You, Happy Purim and 2022’s Impact
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 […]
March 3, 2023
Jewish Song of the Week: ‘I Am Enough’ by Josh Goldberg
On JRR we have an amazing show called “Jewish Holiday Remix,” where host and Jewish singer-songwriter Jacob Spike Kraus creates a playlist of songs for specific Jewish holidays that go […]
February 28, 2023
Finding Community and Connection
Kara Kirsch ended up in the Twin Cities by accident. She came at a friend’s invitation, her car broke down here, and friends convinced her to stay. But in the […]
February 2, 2023
We Can Always Dream
Every Tu B’Shevat I remember the crazy dream we had when we made Aliyah almost 40 years ago. We were going to grow the seven species of produce mentioned in […]