Secular Holidays

Aron's family
Secular Holidays

My Father Was a Quiet Man

Aron Hirt-Manheimer
 June 17, 2021

My father was a quiet man. He was not one to engage in philosophical or political discussions. He did not tell people what to think or how to live.

Had Pop left me and my sister an ethical will, it would have emphasized love of mishpucha (family).

soldiers graves with American flags
Shavuot

Make Memorial Day Count in 2021

Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz, Ph.D.
 May 11, 2021

On Shavuot, the holiday when we celebrate receiving the Torah marks the completion of counting the omer, we are reminded of the historic and nation-altering moment our ancestors experienced in the desert when God revealed God’s self.

mothers day
Secular Holidays

Being a Mom in an All-Woman Family

Aron Hirt-Manheimer
 May 3, 2021
June and her partner, Betsy, adopted two girls from Guatemala and raised them together until Betsy died of cancer 4 years ago. June talked with me about the great joy she felt in fulfilling her dream of becoming a mom and the challenge she and her teenage daughters faced after suffering such a tremendous loss.