Miscellaneous Features

Jewish Online Resources 11/19/2021

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 Milken Archive of Jewish Music is holding the virtual exhibit “Jewish Art S…

Picture book explores response to antisemitism

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

It began with a stone thrown through the window of a Jewish family in Billings, MT, on December 2, 1993. The family had been displaying its Hanukkah menorah in the window and what occurred next surprised people. In fact, the events that followed were so powerful tha…

Jewish baseball roundup 2021 and the ascent of Gabe Kapler

By Bill Simons

With its ups and downs, baseball 2021 proved interesting and significant for Jewish fans. Team Israel, staffed mainly by American Jews, made a valiant medal run in the Tokyo Summer Olympics that fell heartbreakingly short. Then, rebounding under new manager Nate Fish and an i…

On the Jewish food scene: Latke toppings

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

The Hanukkah before the pandemic, I helped make latkes as part of my chaplaincy work. The staff helping me had never made latkes before and I usually find a way to get my latke-fix during the holiday without actually having to fry any of my own. To my surprise, they…

Jewish Online Resources 11/5/2021

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 Jewish Theological Seminary will hold the virtual event “Between the Lines:…