Miscellaneous Features

Jewish Online Resources 11/4/22

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 the four-class cour…

On the Jewish food scene: Dry or sweet?

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

When I was at a friend’s for dinner several years ago, she asked me if I would like dry or sweet wine with my meal. Although I had developed a taste for dry wine (which was considered more sophisticated when I was young), I opted for sweet. It was love at first s…

History Revisited: Veterans Day 2022: Remembering the four chaplains

By Bill Simons

Veterans Day evolved from the carnage and aspirations of World War I. On November 11, 1918, the armistice between the victorious Allies and Germany silenced the big guns of the Great War, as it was then called. The next year, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the firs…

Jewish Online Resources 10/21/22

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. 

Yodeah will hold a free virtual event for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: “The P…

Memories of the Get Together Club

By Alice Zappert Bonis

Editor’s note: This talk was given by Alice Zappert Bonis at the Holocaust memorial service on October 2 at the Temple Israel Cemetery. 

When I was asked to share my memories of the Get Together Club my mind went to more than the storied kaffeeklatsch that ended e…