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 […]
April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023
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 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 13, 2023
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 […]
April 11, 2023
You’re Invited: Community Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration at MOA
Every year, the Twin Cities Jewish community organizes a Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration. But for this year’s 75th birthday of Israel, organizers are going bigger than ever before: Nickelodeon Universe at […]
April 7, 2023
Minnesota Hillel’s Maroon & Gold Shabbat Back In Full Force After Three Years
Minnesota Hillel, an organization focused on fostering Jewish identity among college students at the University of Minnesota, will host their annual Maroon & Gold Shabbat on April 21 at 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 […]
April 4, 2023
If You Can Make a Matzah Ball, You Can Stuff a Matzah Ball
Shabbat took on extra significance at my house during the pandemic. Differentiating the workweek from the day of rest became critical when everything was blurring into sameness. And I reverted […]
March 30, 2023
Did The Gross Grocer Ruin My Food?
Dear Miriam, While doing the last of my Passover shopping, the cashier stuck her finger in her mouth, picked something out of her teeth, and then continued ringing out my […]
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 […]