Tips For Celebrating Shavuot This Year
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, Any tips for celebrating Shavuot this year? Signed, Screaming […]
May 29, 2025
May 28, 2025
It’s Not Too Late: Jewish Community for the Grown-Ups Who Missed Camp
In the first few minutes of Dan Senor’s recent podcast episode, “The State of World Jewry,” he and his guests tap into something deep and quietly urgent. The episode isn’t […]
May 23, 2025
Shabbat Unplugged: Join Us for Shabbat in the Park This Summer
One of the most beautiful things about Shabbat is the chance to slow down. Torah and Rabbinical teachings tell us to separate the Sabbath from the rest of the week. […]
May 22, 2025
How Do I Balance Going To The Activities Of My Nieces and Nephews?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I don’t have kids, but I live near several […]
May 21, 2025
Trust Me
As someone who grew up in Minneapolis proper, it took me a while to become comfortable with the idea of myself as a suburban mom. I’d been a Minneapolitan all […]
May 15, 2025
The Omer: What Are We Counting? And Why?
Why do we count the Omer? Ask 3 people and you might well get 3 answers. We are counting the days between Pesach and Shavuot, the time we left the […]
May 15, 2025
A Year After Encampments, Campus Challenges Remain
On the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus, the spring of 2024 was difficult for Jewish students: antisemitic graffiti, pro-Palestinian encampments, terrorist flags being waved, and a general unease in […]
May 15, 2025
How To Manage Meal-Ordering Anxiety At Work Meetings
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I started my current job during COVID, and over […]
May 8, 2025
Another Devastating Step In the “Year of Firsts”
When a parent passes, one of the hardest parts – at least for me – is the “year of firsts” – the first holiday without them, birthdays, Mother’s or Father’s […]
May 7, 2025
A Story About the Stories from the Tribe
Before there were blogs…Before there were Zoom meetings… Before there were email chains and Facebook messengers and TikTok influencers… There were storytellers. As a child I remember sitting around the […]