By Reporter staff
A variety of Jewish groups are offering online resources – educational and recreational – for those who are not allowed out of the house. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available.
On the silver screen: The cinematic lives of Kirk Douglas, Part II: Was Spartacus Jewish?
The classic 1990s television dramedy “Northern Exposure” found humor in a young, nerdy Jewish doctor, Joel Fleischman, paying off his medical school debts by taking a position in a …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Several years ago, I attended a Passover dessert cooking class at my synagogue. We broke into small groups to make three or four different desserts, all of which we tasted afterward. The chef who taught us looked at me a little strangely when I said I was never goin…
By Bill Simons
This is Izzy’s first yahrzeit. He died a year ago on February 5, 2020, the 10th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar. For his children and family, the tradition is to light a memorial candle. And for those of us who knew Izzy at a distance as Kirk Douglas, it is an appropriate …
This time I promised myself it would be different. This time I would actually make some of the recipes. Well, I may have had the best of intentions, but they went nowhere. The main problem is that I don’t have most of the ingredients on hand and really don’t want to buy things I might on…
