By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
During the 10 months I spent in Be’er Sheva, Israel, during rabbinical school (1996-97), I developed a weekly tradition. Every Friday (since there were no classes that day), I went to the Old City and wandered up and down the two block street/outdoor mall of shop…
By Reporter staff
A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available.
Aish.com is offering free 68 daily e-mail lessons from historian and author Rabbi…
By Bill Simons
Since the 1871 debut of the National Association, the first circuit considered a major league by baseball historians, there have been teams with one, two, very occasionally three and even rarely four Jewish players with names reflective of their ethnic heritage. From Lip Pike…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
My first reaction was, “I can wait until the holiday is over.” The food in question is one of my favorite desserts: tiramisu, which is usually made with soft, melt in your mouth lady fingers. The blurb in The Nosher e-mail asked me to click through to “The Eas…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Let the past remain in the past: that’s the constant refrain for some who survived World War II. It’s not only true for those in concentration camps as two recent novels – “The Incandescent Threads: A Novel in the Form of a Mosaic” by Richard Zimler (Part…
