Married . . . at last!
Mierel Verbit
October 26, 2006
I got married for the first time at 50. The groom was 51. Yes, we are both Jewish. We met online.
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Mama Said…
Lori Gottlieb
June 9, 2005
No disrespect to our mothers, but courtship rituals have changed since they were dating. So forget all their antiquated rules.
Ease Your Kids Into Holiday Services
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
September 16, 2004
Ah, the High Holidays. The mere words conjure up memories of long services, uncomfortable clothing, endless Hebrew passages, Mom and Dad dozing off, semi-fasting against my will, and, most of all, not quite taking in what the holidays were all about. What can I say? I was a kid.
Lights Were Last to Go
Kathleen Vallee Stein
December 25, 2003
My family never went to church but celebrated Christian holidays by putting up a Christmas tree in December and hunting for Easter eggs in the spring.
Turn the Tide
Rob Eshman
September 25, 2003
One of the best things about being the editor of a Jewish paper is I get to meet a lot of Jews.
Finding Community
Hank Rosenfeld
September 25, 2003
Like many unaffiliated Angelenos between 30 and marriage, I face a problem every Rosh:
It’s Passover Time Down Under, Mate
Linda Morel
April 3, 2003
Because Australia is situated below the equator, its seasons rebel against the Jewish calendar. Our winter is their summer; our spring their fall. Although Passover\’s rituals and symbols resonate spring, the holiday is celebrated in autumn Down Under.
\”Passover begins just as the temperature drops, days grow shorter, and grapevines lose their leaves,\” said Jenni Neumann, a New Yorker who grew up in Sydney. \”It\’s rather odd, if you\’re not used to it, I guess.\”
Inspiration Burns in Flames of Menorah
Rahel Musleah
November 28, 2002
Every Chanukah, I am struck by the beauty of my chanukiyah as the flames glow steadily against the darkness around them.
Reading Into the Holidays
Denise Berger
August 29, 2002
A few years ago, Aish HaTorah Rabbi Yaacov Deyo (of SpeedDating fame) presented me with a book before Rosh Hashana. With this simple, gracious gesture he changed forever the way I relate to what can be the most daunting time on the Jewish calendar.
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