By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
“Kaplan’s Plot”
At first, I wondered why such a fuss had been made about “Kaplan’s Plot” by Jason Diamond (Flatiron Books). The novel made several “most anticipated books of the year” lists, which is one of the reasons I asked for a review copy. How…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Rom-com
I am a ginormous fan of Jean Meltzer’s rom-coms. (Yes, I know some people don’t consider ginormous a real word, but it is listed as one in the Oxford Language and the Merriam-Webster dictionaries.) The fact that I’m using a fancy word, rather than jus…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Among the many debates about food is one about whether ice cream is only a summer, warm-weather food or if it can be eaten year-round. While I confess that I love eating an ice cream cone while sitting on a bench outside one of my favorite ice cream parlors during t…
By Bill Simons
Nana Kahan gifted me with grounding. Copies of my diplomas and awards hung on a living room wall in her modest apartment. When I traveled, she put 36 cents, double chai, in the tzedakah collection box that hung to the right of her kitchen sink.
Nana read widely, including …
By Reporter staff
A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available.
Roundtable will hold the virtual course “Jews and the Crisis of Modernity” wi…
