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…
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 Hadassah-Brandeis Institute has announced its next Sandra Seltzer Silberm…
By Bill Simons
Hanukkah lacks the centrality and solemnity of the High Holidays. It remains a rather minor holiday in the traditional Jewish calendar – except in the United States. The dominant Hanukkah experience for most Jewish Americans is robust, exuberant and external, rather than re…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
When I was a child, there was only one food option for Hanukkah: latkes. They were the only fried food we ate during the holiday. It wasn’t until I was a teenager (or maybe even later) that I first heard of sufganiyot. What exactly are sufganiyot? Most of the one…
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.
Biblical Archaeology Society Scholars Series will hold a virtual program “Holy …
