Happy Purim 2017!
Life
Building a dream on Main
Among the offerings at Olive+Wild are mezuzot, textiles and fragrances. (photos from oliveandwild.com) Judaica. Most of us have some in our homes. A mezuzah, Shabbat candlesticks, a seder plate, a menorah. As much as synagogues are a crucial part of…
Making Israeli cities bloom
Planting trees as a community project in Jerusalem. (photo by Ariella Tzuvical) Are Israeli city-dwellers still attached to the land? The answer is yes, but the connection to the land plays itself out in a surprising way. By and large,…
This week’s cartoon … March 10/17
Celebrity Megillah
Showcased by Kedem Auction House earlier this month, the Megillah from which the above image is taken features politicians and celebrities as the story’s characters. For example, Osama bin Laden is Haman, George W. Bush is King Ahasuerus and Madonna…
Time to make hamantashen
When Eastern Europeans immigrated to America, they brought their hamantashen recipes with them. (photo from Infrogmation via Wikimedia Commons) When it comes to Purim pastries, hamantashen are what most of us think of first. The word is taken from the…
This week’s cartoon … March 3/17
More than a mere contract
An outer space-themed ketubah designed by thisisnotaketubah.com. Judging from its ritual text, the ketubah (marriage contract) that is read aloud during a Jewish wedding ceremony isn’t the most exciting, romantic or joyous document. It spells out a husband’s fundamental Jewish…
Willow and her brother
When the breeze from the forest fanned her branches, Willow could almost hear the gossip of the blue jays and the news of her old friends. (photo by Rob Hanson via Wikimedia Commons) On Tu b’Shevat, when we look down at Mother…
Mystery photo … Jan. 27/17
National Council of Jewish Women, 1955. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.13956) If you know someone in this photo, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection at the Jewish Museum and Archives…
