Op/Ed: I’m dreaming of a Hanukkah song as good as ‘White Christmas’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — A Facebook friend is looking for nominations for the Great Hanukkah Song. I’m not impressed by the candidates. The classics…
Holiday Columns
A girl’s doll is a poignant reminder of the horrors of Kristallnacht
By Hillel Kuttler JERUSALEM (JTA) – For decades as an adult, Lore Mayerfeld kept a doll on a chair in an off-limits bedroom or high…
Rabbi Gila Caine: Thoughts on Remembrance Day
By Rabbi Gila Caine (November 8, 2018) – My thoughts this week go to Remembrance Day, and so not to our Torah portion but rather…
This week’s drash by Rabbi Gila Caine: Lot’s Wife
by Rabbi Gila Caine (TBO) – Our week’s parasha talks about seeing, and the power of seeing reality and beyond reality. One of the more…
Dvar Torah: Should or shouldn’t there be a carbon tax?
by Rabbi Gila Caine (October 12, 2018) – Shabbat Noach, this Shabbat when we read the story of the Mabul (deluge), is being observed by many Jews…