Sukkot

‘The Orphans’ Club’

25 May 2012

“Welcome to the orphans’ club.� Many well-intentioned people have said this to me in the last two weeks. On one level, they’re spot on, since my father died fifteen months ago and my mother died earlier this month.

For Shavuot, Bay Area Jews head to the wilderness

23 May 2012

Most Jews around the world observe Shavuot in the relative comfort of their synagogues and homes. Not so for Wilderness Torah, a Berkeley-based nonprofit.

Shavuot: The Festival of Weeks

23 May 2012

Shavuot – the Festival of Weeks — is the second of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance (the other two are Passover and Sukkot). Agriculturally, it... Read more »