Reform Movement Lauds House Passage of Universal Background Checks Legislation
Her Memory is a Blessing
At the end of October in 1984, I left Birmingham, Alabama after a fabulous, two-month stint working on a bound-for-Broadway musical while staying with my mother who resided there. Mom and I had been estranged for many years. But this visit was a breakthrough!
Queen Esther's Jaffa Poppy Seed Tea Cake with Orange Brandy Sugar Glaze
For Purim, make this cake in miniature loaf pans and pack 2 or 3 of them in each Purim basket.
Almond and Sesame Seed Brittle
Lemon Poppy Seed No-Bake Energy Bars
These no-bake bars are a great way to pack some healthy snacks into your Purim goodie baskets!
Galilee Diary: Truth in labeling
Who is the mightiest of the mighty? ...He who turns his enemy into a friend.
-Avot D'Rabbi Natan, version A, chap. 23
Death to the extremists!
-popular Israeli bumper sticker
Galilee Diary: Women's Work
Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel said: if a man vows that his wife may not work, he must divorce her and pay her ketubah, for idleness leads to boredom.
-Mishnah Ketubot 5:5
Galilee Diary: CSA
Asher's bread shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties. -Genesis 49:20
Pray the Music or Pray the Words
by Cantor Kim Harris
Temple Beth-El, Northbrook, Illinois
You Were Only Waiting
For a long time, I carried around with me a very depressing mental image for the Beatles song "Blackbird". I would relate it here, but I've been told by enough people that it ruined their enjoyment of the song so I usually just keep it to myself.