Why Do We Spin A Grogger From Below And A Dreidel From Above?
Did you ever consider that both Purim and Chanukah contain toys which spin? But why does one spin from below while the other spins from above?
Who’s a Better Female Role Model, Queen Esther or Disney Princesses?
Did you ever consider that Queen Esther is a much better female role model for our kids than the Disney princesses we give them from the youngest age?
Grasping for Comfort: Faigy Mayer, Stabbings & Firebombing
These last two weeks which began with Faigy Mayer’s suicide, continued with the stabbings (and murder of a sixteen year old girl, Shira Banki) at the Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, and ended with the firebombing and murder of a Palestinian toddler, Ali Dawabsha (possibly by extreme religious Zionists, though no one has been charged with the […]
Who Will Live And Who Will Die? A Troubling High Holiday Prayer
Every Rosh Hashana we say the prayer Unsaneh Tokef : “On Rosh Hashanah we’ll be inscribed and on Yom Kippur we’ll be sealed – how many will pass from the earth and how many will be created; who will live and who will die; who will die at his predestined time and who before his time; […]
“Green Eggs, No Ham” (A JITC High Holiday Animated Short)
What happens when Jew in the City (JITC) finds herself in a Dr. Seuss-like world with “Survivor” winner Ethan Zohn? “Green Eggs, No Ham!” Our FIRST animated short
Is Life A Line or a Circle? Reflections on Simchas Torah
This week I let my eldest child (my super responsible ten year old daughter) use a sharp knife for the first time. A couple days later, I let her take something out of a hot oven. But the real craziness began a week ago when I let my daughter walk to a playground – which […]
