Purim Puppetry – Jews Created What Became Legitimate Theater
In a New York Times article dated March 8, 2019, journalist Milan Schreuer reports on a Belgium Carnival Festival that exhibited nasty anti-semitic overtones. Schreuer notes that although everyone is fair game for satire, the organizers who created the Jewish parade...
Queen Esther Italian Legacy
The Queen Esther Italian Legacy with International Women’s Day (*Scroll to bottom of page to hear the “Radio Rabbi” Purim Show) In his compelling book, Triangle: The Fire that Changed America, David Von Drehle reminds his readers in vivid detail of the...
A Tisha B’Av Story
Tisha B’Av – A Jewish Memorial Day to Honor the Memory of the Jews of the Inquisition Tisha B’Av is a day of Jewish mourning. It falls on the 9th day in the Hebrew month of Av which, this year begins at sundown on Saturday, August 2 and continues through...
Trauma at the Seder Table
With the “good dishes” gracing the table, wine glasses gleaming and places set for 26 guests, the annual Passover seder was, as PopPop pronounced, “ready for prime time.” But in seconds the tranquility of the evening was disturbed by the shrieks of the two youngest...
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