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.
The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning will hold several virtual cla…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Demons, gremlins, golems: for many contemporary Jews, these creatures belong to the realm of fairy tales. This was not true – at least, not in the case of demons – for the ancient rabbis who lived in Babylon. In her book “Demons in the Details: Demonic Discou…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
I sat down to write this column just after the first real snow of the winter and all I could think about was having something warm to drink. During the winter, the number of cups of tea I drink a day greatly increases. (That’s a mixture of caffeinated and herbal …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Hebrew: “Victorious”
What purpose should a psychologist’s work serve? This question forms the basis for Yishai Sarid’s intriguing novel “Victorious” (Restless Books). Abigail, the first-person narrator, used to work as a military psychologist for the I…
By Bill Simon
The bar/bat mitzvah marks a major milestone, a coming of age in ethical and ritual responsibility. It is also a time of celebration. So it was on Saturday, April 21, 2007, at Congregation Albert, a Reform temple, in Albuquerque, NM. Rabbi Joe Black complimented 13-year-old Al…
