Rosh Hashanah 5785
This year I want to dip apples in saltwater I want to spread honey on my wounds How does one forgive the sting of alienation? How does one atone for […]
October 2, 2024
October 1, 2024
Taking a Risk for a Sweet Year
The thing about honey is, it isn’t simple like sugar. Cultivating sugar cane requires a great deal of effort, tending to the fields in blazing heat, processing and extracting the […]
September 26, 2024
How To Prepare Shabbat Meals More Efficiently
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, As Friday afternoons are getting shorter, I would like […]
September 18, 2024
High Holiday Guide 2024/5785
We’re a couple weeks away from the start of the Jewish holiday season, so we’re bringing you TC Jewfolk’s comprehensive guide to high holiday services across the region and religious […]
September 17, 2024
Plan Ahead for a Stress-Free Rosh Hashanah
Somehow, it doesn’t matter how late Rosh Hashanah comes, it always seems to catch us by surprise. Three years ago, the Jewish New Year started the evening of Labor Day. […]
August 30, 2024
The High Holidays: Honey, Spice, and Everything Minnesota Jewish Nice
Andrea Nadel-Tikh is devoted to building community – including through shared meals, and especially with something sweet for Rosh Hashanah. “I love, love, love a good honey cake,” she said. […]
August 8, 2024
How Do I Know If Fasting Is Right?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, My teenage daughter wants to fast for Tisha B’Av […]
April 22, 2024
Rabbi Zimmerman on Passover as a Powerful Pedagogic Experience
When Passover approaches, I often reflect on the ways that the ancient and communal ritual of the seder is also very personal. For me, the essence of Passover has been […]
April 18, 2024
Two Kids, Four Questions: How To Appease Children At The Seder?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, My daughter, an only child, is very attached to […]
April 17, 2024
Cast-Iron Potato and Carmelized Onion Kugel
Editor’s Note: The recipe is from the cookbook ‘Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine,’ by Jewfolk Food Podcaster Micah Siva. The recipe is used with her permission. Potato kugel […]