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Tu Bishvat

What is the Festival of Trees All About? Tu Bishvat is a holiday that is sometimes called the New Year for Trees. It comes at...

Jewish Jokes for Kids

Everything is Better with a Smile     “Don’t smile until Christmas—er, I mean Hanukkah.”     That was the advice I kept getting from veteran...

L’dor Va’dor – From Generation to Generation

Switching My Kids to Jewish Day School from Public School Was a Godsend     I’ve always been a strong advocate for public schools. I am...

What’s In A Miracle?

The miraculous experience of the Exodus and redemption inspires us to seek the miraculous presence of G-d in our daily lives.     Commentary on...

The Meaning of the Season

Our Kids Know About Our Hanukkah Gift Budget  The holiday season has arrived in full force, and already promotions for toys, games and other products...

Hanukkah Beignets

  Fun in the kitchen for the whole family. When it comes to Hanukkah, most folks don’t think about beignets. But in our home these fried...

Ready to Begin Again

Life is about moving through obstacles despite challenges Not all miracles in Jewish history get holidays unto themselves. What was so special about Hanukkah that...

Lighting the Way

Are you the Maccabee for your child? If Mattathias were alive today, how would you define him? American-Jew, Greek-Assimilated Jew? Every year at Hanukkah, we...

What’s So Funny?

Ask Alexa These Hanukkah Questions and See What Happens Amazon’s Alexa and I have come a long way since I first welcomed her into my...

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Mindful Mealtime

Jews Sit When They Eat and Other Useful Parenting Hacks      It’s almost dinnertime, and in a perhaps overly familiar parenting tableau, I am...

Family Activities for Passover

Art plus tradition equal bonding time.      The eight-day Jewish holiday Passover falls each spring, commemorating the Jews’ exodus from Egypt. Families typically gather...

Passing on the Passover Seder

Traditions to pass along to the next generation.     Every once in a while, it hits me like a soft pillow. I am a...

Getting On and Getting Going

Places for Seniors and How to Get There It's no secret that the population is aging. By the end of next year, every last member...