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Jewish Online Resources 3/8/24

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. 

Tablet is offering the podcast "Covering Their Tracks." Documentarian Matthew Sl…

Off the Shelf: Novels featuring folklore, mysticism and queer culture

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

Fictional works featuring Jewish folklore and mysticism are now considered part of mainstream Jewish culture, as are books that acknowledge queer Jewish culture. This combination works because people see many pathways to being Jewish – ones that might not have bee…

Off the Shelf: Differing approaches to their memoirs

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

According to the website Grammarly, “a memoir is a nonfiction narrative in which the author shares their memories from a specific time period or reflects upon a string of themed occurrences throughout their life. An autobiography is a factual and historical accoun…

Celebrating Jewish Literature: Jewish food from across the world

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

Pages from “P is for Pastrami: The ABCs of Jewish Food” by Alan Silberberg. (Photos used with the permission of Penguin/Random House)

Confession: I frequently anthropomorphize objects from stuffed animals to mechanical devices. Yes, I can assign almost any in…

Celebrating Jewish Literature: A mystery, a rom-com and a generational saga

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

A mystery 

There’s nothing like a good murder to bring three generations together. OK, not everyone would agree with that statement. In fact, in “Mother-Daughter Murder Night” by Nina Simon (William Morrow), Beth wishes her mother, Lena, would concentrate on…