This Rosh Hashanah, I Challenge You to Focus on the Positives
By Nina Badzin (Kveller via JTA) — Two essential parts of preparing for Rosh Hashanah, our clean slate for the year, is asking forgiveness from anyone we…
Holiday Columns
Going ‘Inside Out’ on Tisha b’Av
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Does the hit Pixar movie “Inside Out” hold a clue as to why many Jews find it…
The Rebbetzin at the Iftar
by Rabbanit Batya Ivry-Friedman A priest, an imam and a rebbetzin walk into an Iftar… On Sunday, July 5, the fast of the 17th Tamuz,…
On Shavuot, remembering the day I almost dropped the Torah
By Edmon Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On Shavuot, we are reminded that the Torah is a tree of life to which we are to hold…
Mother’s Day gifts from mom that money can’t buy
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — What gifts do our mothers give us? Not the kind we see in the mirror. Like me,…