Thanksgiving’s Jewish Connection Legend has it that the first Thanksgiving was a sort of neighborhood block party when settlers invited local Indians to a festive celebration with tables piled high with all sorts of yummy delights. But that’s not how it...
We are doing it here in Calabria and many of you are doing the same thing all over the world. When my daughter was a little girl she always called this holiday Jewish camping. For Jewish families, many of us will be “camping out” this coming week as we eat our meals...
Symbols of Sukkot The October Holiday That Binds Jews Together My daughter, Rosie called Purim, “Jewish Halloween,” and she called Sukkot, “Jewish camping.” And building the sukkah, eating in it and sometimes even sleeping in it is really like...
The Symbols of Sukkot How the Lulav and the Etrog Bind Jews Together When my daughter was a little girl she called Purim, “Jewish Halloween,” and Sukkot, “Jewish camping.” Building the sukkah, eating in it and sometimes even sleeping in it is...
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