Sukkah delicious
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The night before I left they gave me a party and a broach. In the center was a rhinestone circle inside a map of Brooklyn. “So you’ll always know where you are,” my friends said.
Art Survives: Expressions from the Holocaust
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Art Survives: Expressions from the Holocaust on display at the Sabes JCC. This exhibit is a testament to the human spirit, enduring against insurmountable odds.
Standing as a Jew for marriage equality
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Last Monday night, I stood in the sanctuary of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, in front of 550 people of faith gathered in support of marriage equality. Continue Reading
On being bullied, and Tikkun Olam, “Bully Project” documentary filmmaker Lee Hirsch weighs in
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Everyone knows someone who has been bullied. Maybe you were. Maybe it was your best friend. Maybe it was because they’re gay. Or black. Or fat. Or Jewish. Or just because they were the wrong kid in the wrong school at the wrong time.
Next year in Falcon Heights
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So the summer is winding down, kids are back to school, and another Minnesota State Fair has ended. For me, the fair was a true success – 4 visits (2 for work) and lots of new foods enjoyed. Continue Reading
Noshin’: Jew on a stick – 2011 version
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Last year in Noshin’, I expressed a ton of JewFolk love for the Minnesota State Fair. With the 2011 Great Minnesota Get Together now upon us, I want to both reflect and look ahead to some good eats, great people watching, and all out fun.
First the reflection. I ended last year’s mid-fair report with a wish list for 2011. Here it is:
My top 5 goals for the 2011 fair:
Living with Leviticus: On tattoos
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“You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead or incise any marks on yourselves: I am the Lord”
– Leviticus 19:28
The wording of the Torah is important, and we are commanded to study it.
Faith after tragedy and what I learned from a survivor
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Tuesday was my grandfather’s first yahrziet– the anniversary of his death. He was a Holocaust survivor, a caretaker to his sick wife, and at the end of it all…an unwavering orthodox Jew. Reflecting on his life made me wonder:
Did someone say food fight?! Or a tomato toss to feed the hungry!
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The Midwest Tomato Fest does not have its origins in Italy, as one might think, and it doesn’t involve all the pizza one can eat, though I rather think it could be reinvented to include at least a little pizza….
Under the rainbow huppah
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Watching the footage of the myriad of couples legally marrying in New York State on Sunday was incredibly personally moving. I spent three years living and working in New York City when I was in school at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.