November 9-10 has come to be known as Kristallnacht. On that night in 1938 and into the next day, a supposedly spontaneous destruction of Jewish property took place in Germany and Austria.
In reality, this Night of Broken Glass was orchestrated by the Nazis who forbade police or firefighters from stopping the destruction unless non-Jewish property was threatened. (more…)
One, three, thirty-eight, fifty-five, one hundred seventeen, eleven hundred, one hundred thousand.
This is not just a list of random numbers. Each of these numbers represents a statistic that Joe Granger, executive director of MESH (Montclair Emergency Services for Hope), cited at a recent MESH meal partners’ meeting.
Some things never change. I remember my grandmothers spending hours in their kitchens making holiday food– everything from scratch of course, including the gefilte fish. I also remember my mother doing the same thing but not quite so intensely. Now, even though my husband and I share household tasks, I find myself doing the same thing. But I look for shortcuts, and I also look to modernize the menu while still keeping the food holiday-appropriate. (more…)
Today’s blog is a gathering of relevant holiday items with lots of links. Read on…
Grandparents, as I’ve learned over the past 2 decades, are special. Grandparents even have a Hallmark holiday, Sunday September 13th this year. (more…)
We’ve made it through the dog days of summer which actually have nothing to do with real dogs but with the star Sirius. This star aligns with the sun for 40 days from about mid-July to mid-August, usually the hottest part of the summer.
Now we are in the Hebrew month of Elul which means we are on a fast roll toward the High Holidays. (more…)
