#BlogElul 26: Create

There is a description of nearly all Jewish holidays that goes like this: "They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat." Creating holiday-specific foods is an integral part of the tradition. The traditional foods of Ashkenazic Jewry are foods of poverty - my grandmother would eat with relish things like chicken feet and fish … Continue reading #BlogElul 26: Create

#BlogElul 22: End (Video)

A quick little FaceBook Live from this morning, talking about the end of life, and the hopefulness of the Mourner's Kaddish. At a Jewish funeral, we eulogise the person we have lost, we grieve, and then we say the beautiful words of the Mourner's Kaddish. The Mourner's Kaddish does not speak about death, grief, or … Continue reading #BlogElul 22: End (Video)

#BlogElul 18: Ask

Asking questions is absolutely the heart of all that I do. When I first became a teacher, I thought I needed to tell people things. This goes back to when I was a graduate student teaching undergraduates, on to becoming a university instructor and later a high school math and physics teacher. I thought I … Continue reading #BlogElul 18: Ask