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27 Shavuot Recipe Ideas
Shavuot, the holiday known for blintzes and cheesecake and all things creamy and cheesy, begins at sunset on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. If you’re feeling adventurous, you’ll love our recipes for cheese and...
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Prayer & Mourning
Yesterday, like many others in our community this month, I marched in a Pride Parade. The day began with the cheers of the crowd, the release of rainbow confetti, and a group of 50 LGBTQ and ally Jews...
View ArticleHow Should We Write About Tragedy?
Heartbreaking news from the U.S. Violence against gays. The worst mass shooting. Hints of international terrorism. How should my fellow spiritual writers and I respond? Should we write prayers?...
View ArticleOur Bat Mitzvah Celebration With The Community
We live in a provincial community in the UK and like in many provincial communities, attitudes towards women’s involvement in Jewish life tend to be quite conservative. I have had to admire Jewish...
View ArticleWhy Do So Many Jews Ignore Shavuot?
Shavuot has become the Rodney Dangerfield of Jewish holidays. It gets no respect. Maybe even worse than not getting the respect this holiday deserves, it is often completely ignored by the Jewish...
View ArticleNeighbors and Strangers
I received a hate call two weeks ago. It came right after I had had the honor of offering an invocation at our local Memorial Day celebration. The gist of my prayer was people died for freedom, and as...
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How I Spent Shavuot In An Airport
“I am now officially in hour 37 of trying to leave Minneapolis,” I texted ISJL CEO Michele Schipper at seven on a Tuesday morning. I had already missed a full day of work, and was apprehensively...
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Matcha Cheesecake for Shavuot? Yes, Please
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, I flew from Vancouver, BC to the Okanagan to visit my parents at SilverStar Ski Resort. I had hoped to squeeze in one last ski weekend before the season ended. Little did I...
View ArticleThe Scroll of Boaz
Over two and a half millennia ago, the People of Israel already harbored a deep enmity towards the People of Moab. The Book of Numbers (chapter 25) implicates the women of Moab in seducing the...
View ArticleWhy Jewish Time Still Matters In The Age Of Covid-19
Today marks the end of the most prolific counting of days in the Jewish calendar. S’firat ha’Omer, the Counting of the Omer, consists of a seven-week period from Passover to Shavuot. It is a poignant...
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