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Where will I be on Oct 27 at 9:47?
I lost my Mother-in-Law, Joyce Fienberg when she was murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA a year ago. This past week, many folks have been asking where my family will be at the one-year mark of the day when our lives shattered. There’s a lot of...

Opportunity for Conversation: Trump’s Loyalty Comments
Trump’s latest comments about Jews and Jewish loyalty is crystal clear to Jews but may not be to our neighbors/roommates/friends of other faiths. This is a PERFECT time to engage in conversation in an intellectual and non-emotional way to fight anti-Semitism in our...

Tisha B’av: Thinking about Resiliency
Jews are resilient. We have had a lot of awful things thrown at us and yet we are able not only to survive, but also to flourish and laugh at ourselves. On August 11th, we will mark Tisha B’av, a day we take to remember the tragedies that have befallen our people,...

2 for Seder 2019 by the Numbers
We’ve started growing something together…how did we do in our first event?

How Can a Dinner Invitation Help Fight Anti-Semitism?
How can a dinner invitation help dispel the misconceptions and misunderstandings that can lead to anti-Semitism? Seder is no ordinary dinner.

Recipe: Joyce’s Passover Popovers
Here is my Mother-in-Law Joyce’s take on Passover Popovers. They are basically matzah balls magically transformed into light and fluffy popovers – dinner rolls with a big space inside. The pictures are from her own recipe box.