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Elul: month of accounting and teshuvah
By Rabbi Dan Lewin The theme of this month of Elul, often called the “month of accounting,” is teshuvah. Just like a business that requires periodic review and analysis, we
Explaining a High Holiday prayer
Dear Families,I look at all the Jewish educators out there writing on the upcoming holidays and all the rabbis working on High Holiday sermons and wonder how they come up
Rosh Hashanah…with no synagogue
Dear Rabbi Fried,I am 80 years old, and, as long as I can remember, I have never missed a Rosh Hashanah service in synagogue. This year my wife, bless her
Jews prepare for a High Holiday season of resilience
By Shira Hanau, Philissa Cramer(JTA) — For many Jews, a high point of services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is the Unetaneh Tokef prayer, which wonders who will live
Debbie Koeppel: swimming for a cause
By Deb SilverthornDebbie Koeppel has opened her pool to small water aerobics classes for a cause — raising money for Jewish Family Service and the North Texas Food Bank.When the
Farewell to a Tiferet mainstay
Today’s column is a thank-you to someone who’s done much for one of our area’s Jewish institutions without asking for any recognition. Next Monday, Jennifer Williams will cover her typewriter
Columnists
It’s time to talk about reparations
Just consider that it might not be necessary to remind people of the contributions of Black Americans or any other ethnic group or religion in American life if students had
Why Elul is special
Dear Rabbi Fried,I recently heard a lecture where the speaker mentioned in passing the importance of the Jewish month of Elul. Although many listeners nodded in understanding, I was not
Antisemitism: still with us
Somewhere in a Bible — ours or others and maybe all — is this warning: “The poor are always with us.” I don’t know which “us” that refers to, but
Recipes
The definitive latke recipe (and don’t use russets)
By Tina Wasserman Many years ago, I was making latkes in my daughter’s Sunday School classroom while others were doing the same in their child’s class. People started to come
Everything you want to know about pumpkins
By Tina Wasserman The first chill has been in the air, and Halloween and Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, so I decided that now is the perfect
This French toast recipe doesn’t loaf around
By Kim Kushner (The Nosher via JTA) – This is one of those recipes that sounds super complicated but is actually so simple. Using store-bought babka will make this Babka
