Did you know that Saturday was St. Joseph's Day ? I didn't. We dropped off mishloach manot - a bag of hamantaschen and assorted...

Oh thank you thank you, Home-shuler ! I needed a post for today and yours is just perfect! A Jewish Holiday Meme One menorah, or several...

Tonight begins Shavuot, one of my favorite Jewish holidays! In its honor, I'm reposting this list from last year about Shavuot - and you...

I know many of my very Orthodox readers (and even some of the less practicing folks) are going to cringe at what I'm about to say: I...

This might have been one of our best Purims ever. A brief recap and some other thoughts: - Saturday night we celebrated Martinis and Meg...

The Jewish holiday of Purim is upon us (technically Monday night and Tuesday). I posted this: 13 Things I Love About Purim , go read it to l...

Earlier this week, I posted my Thanksgiving Family Ritual , best for tables with young children present. And over here, I posted an Ecumeni...

This is a repost from last year's holiday shopping carnival. Expect more ideas and suggestions like this throughout the "holiday se...

I'm afraid to say that I got this email about Jewels of Elul. Why am I afraid? Because it does seem that people regularly like to point ...

The holiday of Shavuot is almost here! While Shavuot is one of the most important Jewish holidays, it does tend to get overlooked. So here a...

May the FOURTH be with you always! ...bwa-ha-ha-ha... yes, that is me laughing at this joke every year! ...ha ha ha ha....! pass it on...

The Jewish holiday is coming up... 1. Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the redemption of the Jewish people from the evil Haman...

So it's not as bad as this ... but this is what I saw at Whole Foods on Friday when I went to pick up a challah: What is up with that? A...

13 Ways to Have a Green Chanukah (or any holiday, for that matter) 1. Save paper - send e-cards instead! 2. Give environmentally conscious ...

As part of the Chanukah Party I'm throwing here on my blog, here's a special Works-for-Me Chanukah Edition. A variety of fun and u...

One week from tonight we light the first Chanukah candle. While Chanukah is a minor Jewish holiday , it does have wonderful messages and an ...

There are so many times during the holidays and during the year when we have to buy some kind of gift for someone who "has it all"...

Tomorrow is Rosh Chodesh Elul . Rosh Chodesh, the new moon, is the beginning of the Hebrew month. It is traditionally regarded as a "w...

May the FOURTH be with you always! (get it?)

We were happily listening to Rabbi Joe Black in the car (more on our favorite music in another post another day), beginning with Dayenu and...