April 2020
Torah: We Are All Connected
By Rabbi Daniel Bortz I hope this finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy. As I write this, we are being ...
April 2020
Humor: Why Is This Passover Different From All Other Passovers?
By Stephanie Lewis I probably don’t need to explain why I decided NOT to hold Pesach in person this April. But I DO ...
April 2020
Finding Strength and Guidance in our Community
By Darren Schwartz, Chief Planning & Strategy Officer, Jewish Federation In times of crisis, we look to our Jewish institutions for comfort, strength, ...
April 2020
Trying Times with a Silver Lining
Sheryl Rowling CPA/PFS, Principal of Rowling & Associates As the coronavirus continues to spread, its effect on the market, and the world, is ...
April 2020
Nineteen Ways You Know It’s Passover In Israel
If you’ve never heard an Arab calling out “alter zachen” (“old things”) in Yiddish, then you’ve never experienced pre-Passover preparations in Jerusalem. By ...
April 2020
1000 WORDS: New immigrants to Israel jump right in … to a coronavirus quarantine
By Deborah Fineblum, JNS.org The first few weeks after making aliyah are typically a flurry of activity, with the newly minted Israeli dashing ...
April 2020
Giving Back Through Movement
Though its spring performance is rescheduled, LITVAKdance honors its mission By Eva Trieger It’s a good thing we Jews are a resilient people! ...
April 2020
Jewish Wisdom and Teachings in the Time of Coronavirus
By Ellen Beck, MD At our Seder, we ask, Where in the world is there oppression that must be addressed? How, this year, ...
April 2020
Tomato Matzo Ball Soup with Pickled Garlic Chives
A Different Approach to An Old Debate By Michael A. Gardiner It’s an annual Passover matzo-ball conundrum: “sinkers” or “floaters” for matzo balls. ...
