Parenting By Parsha: Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
My toddler knows how to say the word “no” now. To be completely fair, he also knows a lot of other words. Actually, this week he said his first full […]
April 23, 2021
April 16, 2021
Parenting By Parsha: Tazria Metzora
Welcome to a world of disease. This week’s double Torah portion features dozens of verses detailing skin maladies — ingrown hairs, oozing pustules, discoloration, and a whole lot more. Every […]
April 9, 2021
Parenting By Parsha: Shemini
Shemini, or ‘eighth,’ is not a portion about Crazy Eights. It does start by telling us what should happen on the eighth day (unusual for the Bible, wherein so many […]
March 19, 2021
Parenting By Parsha: Vayikra
Wait ‘til you get to Vayikra,” my dad laughed, when I told him that I was starting a column called Parenting by Parsha. My mom laughed along with him. “Exodus […]
February 19, 2021
Now Accepting Submissions Through March 15 For The First J-Pride Zine: ‘Out From the Narrow Place, Into the Wilderness’
Is there a connection between being in the closet and being in bondage in Egypt? What does collective liberation feel like? What do we need to get there? How does […]
February 19, 2021
Parenting By Parsha: Terumah
Nearly 100 verses (96 to be precise). That’s how many lines of Torah are dedicated, in this week’s parsha, to describing the exact way in which the ark of the […]
February 5, 2021
Parenting By Parsha: Yitro
In our home, we have a game that we play several times a day, called Click-Pow. The premise is pretty simple. Our toddler is really into clicking the fasteners on […]
January 15, 2021
January 8, 2021
Parenting By Parsha: Shemot
This week, Jews around the world will gather to hear the first verses of the book of Exodus, or, in Hebrew, Shemot. Exodus is the second book of the Torah, […]
November 20, 2020
Some Getting A Chance For B’nai Mitzvah On The Bima
Ritual events like Bar and Bat Mitzvah have been part of everyone’s lives that have been disrupted by coronavirus. While most synagogues have remained closed since mid-March, a few have […]