When I married in 1974 and started to have our children (1,2,3,4) we went down a pretty conventional and predictable Jewish path ...
The quick answer is that Independence Day may be the most Jewish US Civic Holiday we celebrate. For a longer answer, check out the...
Shavuot, which begins at sundown on May 16, 2021 and ends at sunset on May 18, is a major Jewish holiday celebrated forty-nine...
[caption id="attachment_1990" align="alignright" width="190"] Bubbie Ida[/caption]Our Bubbie Ida Paperny, lived in the kitchen. Seriously. She also “loved” in the kitchen. She loved when...
Passover begins on the evening of March 27, 2021 Once again, this night will truly be different from all other nights. We are pleased to...
A d'var Torah (Torah Discussion) Presented by David Raphael at Congregation Or Hadash, Sandy Springs, GA January 22, 2021Then the LORD said to Moses,...
The eminent psychologist Marshall Duke speaks of our “intergenerational sense of self,” in which the family narratives of our past gird our psyche...
As vaccinations advance and new COVID-19 cases diminish, we can begin to look beyond the difficulties and heartbreaks of these past months to...
My maternal grandmother, Lena Krostar Gorbach, was the only grandparent I knew. She was born around 1880 in the Pale of Settlement to...
When I was age eight my maternal grandfather Max, passed away. My grandmother Bessie, known as "Gram", moved into our two-bedroom apartment in...