Jul 17th 2020
Do you ever find yourself wondering on a Thursday afternoon, Where has this week gone? With the demands of the job, the housework, the kids, the family, the laundry, the lawn, the meals, and social ob…
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Jul 10th 2020
Tamara Baskin was one of those larger-than-life people whose personality could fill up a room the moment she stepped inside. She knew no strangers – only friends she hadn’t met. And she created beauti…
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Jul 3rd 2020
I’m sometimes amused – and sometimes confused – when I read my fortune cookie messages. But I have a friend who’s a true believer. Just days before her wedding, her fiancée bit into his crunchy littl…
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Jun 26th 2020
Old World folklore paints a colorful picture of the chatty village matchmaker who knows everything about everyone and uses her knowledge to pair up eligible singles and set them on the path toward mar…
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Jun 19th 2020
Unique gifts are my specialty, and so when I heard about the special gift my friend Esther was giving herself for a milestone birthday, I knew she was on to something. You see, Esther marked her forti…
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Jun 12th 2020
Ah, the joys of June! It’s such a beautiful time with so many Jewish couples getting married and starting their new lives together. My own wedding is like a dream. I was so nervous and shy about bein…
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Jun 5th 2020
Gary Rosenthal is one of those rare people who can look at a lump of cold metal and envision something exquisite. He takes ordinary copper, brass, and steel, melts it, combines it with fused glass, an…
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May 29th 2020
One of my favorite artists who make unique Jewish gifts is Sara Beames of Beames Designs. From the studio attached to her home tucked into New York’s Catskill Mountains, she crafts beautiful, handmade…
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May 18th 2020
As an adolescent, I never stopped to think about how wise my parents were to take me to Israel for my Bat Mitzvah. Our ceremony took place in the stone temple on top of Masada, the ancient fortress o…
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Oct 29th 2014
The Dreidel Game Originated Out Of Life Or Death Circumstances. The Greek Syrians Had Tried To Convert The Jewish People To Their Own Pagan Ways. When The Jews Refused To Convert And Remained Stead…
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Dec 19th 2012
Re-posted From The Huffington Post KENSINGTON, Md. (RNS) John Linder and Tim Welsh aren’t Jewish, and probably don’t understand the religious symbolism in the menorahs, mezuzahs and dreidel…
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Oct 10th 2012
If I heard someone say they’re seeing things where they didn’t exist, depending on who it was, I’d probably either take their temperature or run the other way. But if Marcelle Rosenstrauch told me she…
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