As a keen observer of trends in the fast-casual dining world (how else would I have known about the return of the choco taco at high-end ice cream purveyor Salt and Straw earlier this year?), my ears perked up at …
Dear Friends,
The Philadelphia of my youth was not a sleepy “second” to New York City. As a kid growing up in South Philly, less than a mile away from where Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, and Fabian lived, I felt …
As the director of Gan Shalom, I often find myself reflecting on the many hats we wear: parent, adult, and educator. We spend our days actively guiding our children—planning, exposing them to new experiences, and helping them build competence. This …
As we conclude the High Holiday season, we have prayed, reflected, and sought forgiveness. We have stood as individuals, each soul in its uniqueness, and we have stood together, Kol Yisrael, as one people. Now comes the harder work: to …
By the time you read this article, it will almost be Shemini Atzeret – you know, the famous eighth-day celebration that ends the seven-day holiday of Sukkot. Not to be confused with Simhat Torah, which we celebrate the night before …
Dear Friends,
With the insistence of family members, I began to think about my ability to remain in my house when I turned seventy-five a couple of years ago. I live in a 100-year-old, three-story house, with the laundry in …
Ask any eight or eighty year old the first image that pops into their head when you mention Rosh Hashanah, and chances are, most will tell you apples and honey. Sure, the shofar’s majestic, plaintive call awakens us to be …
This week marks the 24th anniversary of September 11, 2001. For those of us who lived through that day, the memory is still vivid, the phone calls, the smoke rising, the silence in the sky afterward. We remember where we …
For 13 days, I wrote to you from Israel, each day offering a glimpse into the layered emotions and complicated realities unfolding there. We traveled from Jerusalem to the north, from mourning tents to military briefings, from youth villages to …
I admit it. I love a good pancake. And not just the viral Golden Diner ones that folks wait hours on line for (or spend hours dirtying every pan in the house to recreate them using the NYTimes recipe). …
