What You Need to Know About the Hanukkah Story
By Lesli Koppelman Ross (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – In 168 BCE, the ruler of the Syrian kingdom, Antiochus Epiphanes IV, stepped up his…
Holiday Columns
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…
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…