What Is Lag Ba’omer?

Courtesy of My Jewish Learning By Francine Klagsbrun (MyJewishLearning) — Lag Ba’omer is a minor

Shavuot 101

Courtesy of My Jewish Learning Photo credit: From Christina Mattison Ebert’s D’rash Designs series (MyJewishLearning) 

How to Count the Omer

Courtesy of My Jewish Learning By Rabbi Jill Jacobs (MyJewishLearning) — The omer refers to the forty

Finding Meaning in the Omer

Courtesy of My Jewish Learning Photo credit: Kluger Zoltan/Israel GPO Omer Festival at Kibbutz Ginegar

The World Is Mine but not the Matzah Ball Soup or Mashed Potatoes

There were thoughts about leaving the U.S. in the aftermath of Covid. Thoughts on community building. Thoughts on mortality and the need to live life to its fullest. Thoughts on an ever-present topic for me -– comparing myself to others. But surprisingly, NO thoughts about the matzah ball soup and mashed potatoes I would need for the Passover feast.

Jews in the News

By Nate Bloom  Contributing Columnist  Grossberg and Carlson; Belafonte Family; and New Shows Right after

Finding Meaning in the Omer

By Leslie Koppelman Ross (MyJewishLearning) — For the Israelites, the holiday of Shavuot was the culmination of