Adar Brings Joy, and a Call To Continue Helping Those In Need
This week, the Hebrew month of Adar arrived…just when we needed it. Adar is associated with joy, and we can use an extra measure right now. But where might we […]
February 19, 2026
December 19, 2025
Hallmark Channel Gifts Oy To The World To Jewish Viewers For Hanukkah
A veritable Hanukkah miracle, The Hallmark Channel interrupts its December Christmasaplaooza with one new Jewish-focused movie every season. This year’s offering, aimed at the Interfaith crowd, is Oy To The World, […]
December 18, 2025
Klezmer and Yiddish Dance Get Spotlight in Upcoming Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Ballet has always been a part of Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies’s life. “I always loved the way that ballet has been able to tell stories,” she said. When she was younger, her […]
December 17, 2025
Governor and Gwen Walz Help Light Hanukkah Candles at Minnesota JCC
Between signing autographs for preschoolers and singing along to “Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, lit the third candle at the Minnesota JCC – Capp […]
December 11, 2025
Female Fighters Prevalent in the Hanukkah Story
Men feature heavily in the story of Hanukkah as it is usually recounted. Both in winning the war against Antiochus and the enormous Syrian/Greek empire, and in the miracle of […]
December 11, 2025
How Do I Respond To All The ‘Merry Christmas’ Wishes?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, It’s that time of year… How do I respond […]
December 9, 2025
Great Miracles Can Happen Here
“It is winter in Narnia,” said Mr. Tumnus, “and has been for ever so long…always winter, but never Christmas.” You are probably familiar with this line, or at least the […]
October 13, 2025
Lulav Lessons
Two years after the worst massacre against the Jewish people since the Shoah, two years since our brothers and sisters were taken hostage, two years into the longest war Israel […]
September 30, 2025
I Sat Alone in Shul Today
I sat alone in shul today. It wasn’t how I had planned it to be – not in the short-term, nor in the long term. This wasn’t the first time […]
September 26, 2025
Teshuva in Small, Simple Steps
Remember on Dec. 31 when you sat down and wrote all those New Year Resolutions like, ‘I shall lose 15 lbs. by the end of January?’ And what happened? Probably […]