A Grandmother’s Love Story
June 2, 2022: In Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis: Women Writers Respond to the Call, Stephanie Raffelock (ed.), June 28, 2022
Lost From History – A Taste of Licoricia
May 24, 2022: In the United States, May is Jewish-American Heritage Month—a time spotlighted for reflection on topics that we might lose sight
Joseph, We Never Knew You
April 28, 2022: On Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, when we remember those who’ve died in wars and terrorist attacks, thoughts of the
“Hello, I’m your cousin.”
April 25, 2022: In these days of robocalls and other forms of telephone spam, I usually do not answer calls from numbers I
Happy Chanukah!
December 5, 2021: In the midst of the end-of-year holidays, I got to wondering how Rebecca would have celebrated Chanukah in the Thirteenth
Meeting My Medieval Heroine—In-Person!
September 16, 2021: What would you have done? Imagine your reaction if at a break during New Year’s services in a synagogue—or during
Salerno Today
August 5, 2021: Like Jews before her time and after, Rebecca is a refugee. Naturally, in concert with the overarching theme of her
Whence Rebecca?
May 3, 2021: Urban legend or truth? Will we ever know? Rebecca, daughter of the merchant Isaac of York, is the Jewish heroine