As a grandmother of a “rising” kindergartener who begins school in late August, I was more than interested when I heard about Jessica Schneider’s book, “Am I Ready Now?” In clever rhymes, it tells the story of 5-year-old Louie, who is super...
Golf at the Galleries
When/Where: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; 12-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday; 12-8 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, through Sept. 6 at the Sheldon Art Galleries, 3648 Washington Blvd.
Virtual/In-person? In-person
RSVP required:...
YiddishWit.com is a collection of Yiddish proverbs and sayings and expressions that are published in Yiddish and that lend themselves to illustration. The illustrations are created by Johanna Kovitz, and are adaptations and recombinations of existing...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published August 3, 2021
How long do antibodies last, which patients get hit the hardest, how does the vaccine handle the Delta variant – the latest scientific findings from Israel.
It takes a village to maintain and grow a vibrant Jewish sleepaway camp, which is why Camp Sabra needs your help. From Tuesday, Aug. 3 through Thursday, Aug. 5, the camp is launching All in for Sabra, its annual fundraiser that thanks to some generous...
A three-way organ swap took place this week between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in which family members of three people requiring a transplant donated their kidneys in exchange for kidneys for ailing loved ones.
It was the first time an organ...
With rising Covid-19 cases caused by the Delta variant and concerns about how long the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine remains effective — and how effective it is against Delta – the Israeli government decided on July 29 to make a booster shot available to...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 1, 2021
In the past year, if you’ve found yourself spending more time at home outdoors enjoying the fresh air in an outdoor living space, you’re not alone. A 2021 report by Fixr.com found that homeowners are investing more in outdoor living than before the...
Unlike Latin, which I arguably don’t know, but am going to say this anyway, Yiddish has style.
To me, the style comes not just from the incredibly humorous sounding words, but from the literal way our great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents,...
I am not an expert on dementia, and I don’t want to be.
My expertise is in policy and social justice activism. I once had an office in the state Capitol. But now, my family and I are getting a crash course in frontotemporal dementia, a rare...
This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission.
As public health experts fret over a stalling COVID-19 vaccine campaign in the U.S., a new survey suggests they don’t have to worry about American Jews.
Jews have the...
We are smack dab in the middle of summer, a time we’ve looked forward to since summer 2020. Dude, it’s hot.
I’m a huge baby in the summertime, always schvitzing like a vilda chaya. I’m a head sweater, and I don’t like how it feels or how...
