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Moving into our new condo
Living in a condominium steps away from the Seawall and the marina is surreal. (photo from flickr.com/photos/nuntz) Nobody would deny that the concept of a new home is exhilarating. It’s the packing up a lifetime of belongings, and having to…
Costumed counting fun
Ten Purim Bears: A Counting Book for Purim introduces kids to Purim, numbers 1-10. Fans of Once a Bear: A Counting Book by Ron Atlas (words) and Zach Horvath (illustrations) will be happy to find that their bear friends have returned…
Hanukkah as a messy middle
Hanukkah reminds us that miracles are possible and that seemingly unwinnable wars can be won. But it also holds lessons about partial victories, imperfect heroes and incomplete belonging. We tell the story of Hanukkah, in our liturgy and in our…
A gift of light in winter
Thanks to Doodle the village orphan, the people of Chelm celebrated Hanukkah even during “The Long Winter of the Cabbage.” (image from reformjudaism.org) In literature, a cabbage might be a symbol for anything and everything disagreeable. In the village of…
Jewish Mexican food excites
Paletas can be made in many flavours. Sabor Judío includes a recipe that uses Manischewitz wine. (photo by Ilan Rabchinskey) The minute I saw the cover, I wanted to try some of the recipes in Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican…
Happy Sukkot 2024!
About the 2024 Rosh Hashanah cover
I came across this Rosh Hashanah greeting card in the 2017 Forward article “The Curious History of Rosh Hashanah Cards in Yiddish” by Rami Neudorfer. The image was copyrighted by the Hebrew Publishing Company, New York, 1909, and the high-resolution…
Renewing a commitment to hope
If you were to write a personal “book of life” to express your aspirations for growth in the year ahead, what would its title be? (photo from thisenchantedpixie.org) In the face of the immense sadness and devastation of the past…
Ways to commemorate Oct. 7
Erev Rosh Hashanah, from Shalom Hartman Institute’s Memory and Hope. For each holiday and Shabbat evening in Tishrei, the institute suggests we light a memorial candle before kindling the holiday and Shabbat lights, and offers an intention to recite before…
