Holiday Features
Voices in the letters agonize — as do their readers
JTAMay 02, 2024
Before an audience of about 25 people, Karla McCabe handed a collection of postcards sent to Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin to Iwona Herman, coordinator...
‘Let my people go’ — a community’s passion
Shana GoldbergApr 18, 2024
“In light of Oct. 7 and the abduction of Israeli civilians who are still held hostage, what does the rallying cry, ‘Let My People Go!’ mean for you this...
A different Passover — two Denverites reflect
Steve MarkApr 18, 2024
The Passover Haggadah, full of the story of persecution, perseverance and deliverance, will no doubt take on a new relevance when the book opens on April 22.
Darth Vader, Groucho Marx among names in new Haggadahs
JTAApr 11, 2024
The creators of new Passover Haggadahs focused on Zionism and American patriotism were working on their projects long before Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked Israel and...
Purim in wartime
Steve MarkMar 21, 2024
We are, it seems, at an emotional crossroads. How do we celebrate the most joyful and raucous of Jewish holidays when there is a tragic scarcity of joy in our lives?
Brooklyn bakery cranks out hundreds of thousands of hamantaschen for Purim
JTAMar 21, 2024
In Borough Park, Brooklyn, a massive bakery thinks it has found the secret ingredient to baking hundreds of thousands of hamantaschen every Purim season.
Etrog — the wandering fruit
JTAOct 05, 2023
Together with Warren Klein, the curator of the Bernard Museum of Judaica at Temple Emanu-El, and Sharon Liberman Mintz, Josh Teplitsky’s probing into the history, use,...
Letter from Jerusalem — Divine peace
Hillel GoldbergOct 05, 2023
I have never seen nor even imagined a party like this. Hundreds of people were there; actually, thousands; truth to tell, tens of thousands of people were at this party....
Jewish children’s author recalls Sukkot, Iraqi-style
JNSSep 28, 2023
Growing up in Sydney, Sarah Sassoon, 42, had a very different experience from the canvas or wooden sukkah. The sukkahs that her Iraqi-born father made were composed...
IV therapy — from Instagram to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTASep 21, 2023
The rise of non-medical IV treatments, a trend in so-called “wellness” culture that celebrities including Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber have popularized, has been...
