How to make a graham cracker sukkah
Last week, in anticipation of Sukkot, I wrote about how to make a sukkah that fits on balconies and small patios.
Last week, in anticipation of Sukkot, I wrote about how to make a sukkah that fits on balconies and small patios.
Although Sukkot is a couple of weeks away, once Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are over, it will be time to get the sukkah up.
Making a tzedakah box is a fun craft activity for kids from age 8 to 80, and creating the box provides a valuable lesson in the importance of charity.
At first glance, it’s hard to tell if Eileen Levinson’s Alternative Seder Plate is deeply thoughtful or merely playful. Or perhaps just coolly irreverent.
There are good things we can only achieve together — if we can first come together. It\’s not clear how we do this when 10 friends, some cash and a Web site are enough to create a Jewish world unto themselves.
We all wanted to give my nephew the bar mitzvah party to not just match but surpass all of the one\’s he\’d been invited to during the year. Yet the family\’s fortunes were not equal to the task. All we could scrimp together was $3,000. It could only have been divine inspiration that led us to the conclusion that this actually made the job of putting together a bar mitzvah to remember a lot easier than it seemed.
You think you have it bad? What about your rabbi, who has to work weeks — no, months — to prepare a High Holy Days Sermon. You think it\’s easy writing a speech that people will remember for the rest of the year? Well, then, why don\’t you and a friend write your very own with our MadLibs [R] version. First ask your partner to supply the missing words. Then read the completed sermon aloud … and enjoy.