Today is the Fast of Esther, honoring a heroine’s courage – but tomorrow is the feast celebrating her success and our survival. I will focus on the art of goody-bag exchange for friends and foes alike. (Thanks Bibi! Working on a couple of goody bags for my Iranian friends as well) Why: Check out my […]
PURIM 2015: LOOK MA – NO MASK! Purim was always my favorite. Ever since I can remember it’s been about finding the perfect costume and becoming, just for one day, another – maybe better – version of me. As a kid I’d get going on the costume research as soon as the High Holy Days […]
2/23/15 This past weekend marked the new moon of the Hebrew month of Adar, and in Israel this past Friday was also celebrated as ‘Family Day’ the newest reiteration of ‘Mother’s Day’ – renamed in the 1990’s to be more inclusive to all parents and care-givers. Even when this day was invented in Israel in […]
Sledding on Holocaust Memorial Day Amichai Lau-Lavie 1/28/15 Sometimes snow is not just snow. January 27 was marked on my calendar as “Event for Int’l Holocaust Memorial Day – 2nd Generation of survivors share stories at Museum of Jewish Heritage.” I was asked to talk about my recently departed father, along with a distinguished and […]
Fasting On New Year’s Day (and other ways to honor sacred time) There’s a large stump of a pine tree in the little garden right outside my mother’s bedroom. They had to cut down the old sick tree when they moved in just over a year ago, for fear of its collapse. This morning she […]
