With travel set to make a welcome return next year, popular holiday hotspots are already getting booked up, so start planning now by Chris Leadbeater 11 December 2020 “It may not just be the peak months where the “sold out” signs could soon be flashing. For Peter Sommer of Peter Somme...
Rosh Hashanahis the the beginning of the Jewish New Year, in this case 5783, and kicks off the High Holy Days. It is an important two-day holiday with a focus on long prayer services in synagogue, spending time with family and praying for repentance as God judges you for the year and ...
On the Jewish holiday of Passover, we leave a cup of wine out on the table for the prophet Elijah. The teaching is that Elijah will one day come as an unknown guest and you want to be ready to welcome him. This year at my Thanksgiving table, I’m going to leave out a cup for...
You don’t fit into any of those categories, so I hope you use the holiday break to start the process of being a person completely unlike who you are now. Ken Dobkin December 8, 2021 at 1:20 pm People who would excuse these vile acts of hatred against Jewish women and children ...
After surviving Art, the Clown’s Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they’re safe, Art return...
In our secular American celebration of Christmas, the Christmas season (or holiday season, ugh) begins in the weeks prior to Christmas Day. Generally, this season starts in early December, though retailers have a bad habit of beginning Christmas in November (or even October). In my rule book...
When I told the reporter at the Jewish Exponent that I would be speaking on this topic today, he raised some good questions: Why speak about this on Rosh Hashana? Why is abortion access a Jewish issue? How would I respond to naysayers? And what could I say that would be different from...
Inspired by the story of the Jewish high holiday, Passover, and the Angel of Death that killed the firstborn son of every Egyptian (as punishment for the Pharaoh's enslaving of the Israelites), “Creeping Death” is a crunchy, catchy and multi-faceted piece of storytelling that rivals Iron...
Today the Right is confused about what patriotism is. It is not loving or worshiping the flag: it’s standing up for those who serve, for the Constitution, and for our values of freedom, and holding our leaders responsible when they violate the law. A real patriot stands up to the enem...
Today I almost got hit by a car. I was on my roller skates and went down a driveway pretty fast out into the street and the car didn’t see me at first and just missed me. I was so scared. I can’t believe I wasn’t killed. So just in case I die soon I decided to make...