Some of you may remember when I wrote about celebrating the ninth night of Hanukkah to accommodate my family’s arrival in Montclair.
A nearly identical situation -but in reverse – occurred this Passover. My granddaughter came down from Canada where she is in college but had to go back before the official start of Passover, thus missing the seder. What’s a grandmother to do but be flexible? (more…)
I love it when March, Adar and Purim coincide. Instead of thinking only about just Esther and Purim, I can celebrate women of valor, not just one woman of valor.
Here’s a quick challenge: how many Jewish women of achievement can you name in one minute? How many Jewish women Nobel Prize winners can you name?
Our little library has over 100 listings for biographical information about women and that doesn’t include reference books. (more…)
Just a few days ago we marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day, January 27 in 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest concentration and death camp in World War II, was liberated by the Allied Forces. Over 1,000,000 people were killed there. (more…)
Being stuck inside because of bad weather brings out the inner cook in me. I find myself really reading the New York Times recipes— though many of them are too fussy for my taste and call for too many ingredients— and food articles and searching my cookbook library for new twists on something familiar. (more…)
We’ve turned the pages of our calendars to a new year. It’s winter with more time inside and more time to read.
We all know that reading can be instructive and relaxing, but reading has more benefits than just filling time. (more…)
