HeyJaredYa'aleh: Holiday Torah for Organizers and Optimists
Explore how holiday rituals, melodies, and texts can both ground and ignite us.
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Saying Sorry to Our Stretch Marks (opens the original)
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I recently came across a baking article with a title that caused me to do a double take: “Why does my challah have stretch marks?”1 Published by King Arthur Bread Company, the piece gave advice on how to make challah bread more aesthetically pleasing, using language that typically refers to scarring caused by skin that expands or shrinks rapidly due to our bodies changing. By using the phrase “stretch marks” to describe tears along the braided strands of bread, the article reflected a common sti
The Most Joyful Word (opens the original)
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Every year as a child, I would look forward to reading one particular book during the High Holiday season: The Hardest Word. The book’s protagonist, Ziz, a big, yellow bird with red wings, is so clumsy that he can’t help from bumping into things. One day, the Ziz knocks into a tree and accidentally destroys a garden lovingly planted by children. He asks for God’s help to fix the situation. God sends the Ziz on a journey to find the hardest word. Ok, here’s your spoiler warning. It turns out – no
Remembering Choice (opens the original)
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Jewish composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb are probably most well known for their musicals like Chicago and Cabaret. One of their lesser known shows – 70, Girls, 70, features a group of older residents of New York City. One of these residents shares her opinions about the state of affairs, lamenting (in song, of course), “The trouble with the world today, it seems to me, is coffee in a cardboard cup.”Among the list of reasons why she despises the culture of taking coffee to go is that,
"American Jew" or "Jewish American"? (opens the original)
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If you attended Camp Ramah or Herzl camp in the second half of the 20th century or the 2000s, you may be familiar with the following question: “Are you a Jewish American or an American Jew?” This question was frequently asked in camps and day schools to get young Jews to reflect on their identity. Identifying as an “American Jew,” with Jew as the noun, implied that Judaism was the core of one’s identity. Identifying as a “Jewish American” supposedly indicated that their Judaism was a modifier fo
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