New Friendly Remote Visitor Program Seeks Volunteers
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Friendly Remote Visitors reach out by telephone to individuals who might be experiencing isolation, or who would just like someone to chat with.
Continue readingApril 2, 2020
April 2, 2020
Don’t Passover Shame Me
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Back off, Passover shamers. Nothing I’m going to be able to pull off in my 1,500 sq. ft. home aka office aka school during the COVID-19 crisis is going to resemble our family’s normal, awesome family Seder. So I’m not going to try.
Continue readingMarch 27, 2020
Mammalehs Recommend: Links for Families in Quarantine
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Mammaleh-tested and approved resources to explore from home with your kids.
Continue readingMarch 26, 2020
A Pastoral Letter From The Minnesota Rabbinical Association
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Dear Members of the Minnesota Jewish Community, We are called upon daily to act with compassionate conviction, to mobilize people of faith to respond to the eternal question, what can I do to serve my neighbor? The Minnesota Rabbinical Association speaks out as the moral and religious voice of the Jewish community, and we invite you to be […]
Continue readingMarch 26, 2020
Volunteering To ‘Visit’ Seniors
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Ian Aizman realized that as people began socially distancing themselves from others, one very vulnerable population was at risk of losing all interaction: Seniors in nursing homes. “I had just been thinking about it all the time,” said Aizman. “We can’t just abandon our elders. They’re already an at-risk population, and then coupled with an […]
Continue readingMarch 12, 2020
‘TRYmester’ Takes Artistic Look At Fertility Journeys
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Art has always had a way of connecting audiences with the subject matter. This is exactly what the show TRYmester: Jewish Fertility Journeys Out Loud will attempt to do when it comes to the Sabes JCC. The show was scheduled for Sunday, March 22, was postponed due to the coronavirus. It will be presented on […]
Continue readingMarch 5, 2020
Felt Like Making Hamentaschen
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Purim’s almost here, so poppyseeds, apricot jam and even prunes are filling kitchens, as Hamentaschen baking is in full swing. Hamantaschen are the traditional fruit or poppyseed filled triangular cookies eaten on Purim. An item up for discussion is whether the name for these treats alludes to the holiday’s villain Haman’s ears, hat or pockets, […]
Continue readingFebruary 28, 2020
February 26, 2020
What Do You Want People To Know?
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For Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month, we asked people with disabilities or special needs in their families: What do you wish other people knew or understood about: 1) You, your child(ren) with disabilities /special needs and/or your family; and 2) your experiences as person with or parent or family of a person with disabilities/special […]
Continue readingFebruary 7, 2020
Friendship: Each According To His Way
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It is 7:05 a.m. on a Thursday morning in early January and I somehow find myself in my car with my almost 10-year old son eating his breakfast in the back seat, trying to perform the small feat of taking him to see his best friend in Minneapolis while still getting him to his school […]
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