Marilyn Shapiro: Purim pause during the pandemic— a time to mask?
By MARILYN SHAPIRO “We’re having a celebration for Purim,” the president of my congregation announced excitedly at the end of a
Symbolism and meaning—time to revisit my favorite classics
By MARILYN SHAPIRO Can a book change a life? Our 10th grade English class was deep into The Scarlet Letter, a classic
Special in Uniform program of the JNF makes this American rabbi proud to be a Zionist
By Rabbi DAN ORNSTEIN The biblical Book of Numbers, chapter 4, repeatedly describes the ancient Levites’ sacred service in the mishkan
Fallow 2020 may help us reconnect with what we have!
By MARILYN SHAPIRO “Wintering brings about some of the most profound and insightful moments of our human experience,” “and wisdom resides
Meet Lloyd Wolf, a Jewish photographer who captured photos of the Capitol mob
By SHIRA FEDER NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – When Lloyd Wolf heard the long blast from a shofar at the Jan.
From hammer thrower to a country founder: An Israeli story
By JONATHAN COHEN My dad, Eliyahu Addy Cohen, was born in February of 1928 in Tel Aviv. It was a small
When my marriage ended, I discovered Judaism is more important to me than I realized
By LAUREN SILVERMAN This story originally was published on Alma. After a big break-up, some people reach for the bottle. Others reach
My family tree—or figuring out the whole mishpachah
By MARILYN SHAPIRO Before 23andme.com DNA kits, before genetic testing, before people poured through old census and courthouse records, my family
Musing on the day: Why Christmas is the best day to be a Jew
By ALEX KIRSHNER NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – The Christians of my childhood tried hard to make me feel welcome around
Marilyn Shapiro: Kristallnacht— we are reminded of what we have lost and reminded to be vigilant
By MARILYN SHAPIRO So much has been written about the Holocaust. Novels. Memoirs. Plays. Each echoes the theme of “Never Again!”