Sukkot started this past Friday night and runs through next weekend. We finished the sukkah on Saturday morning, just in time to eat lunch inside — complete with sweatshirts. In the last week, we’ve been fortunate that the weather has cooled off, so it’s sweatshirts in the sukkah for us. This afternoon, the kids added [...]
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I’m working with my partner on Bagels at Pride, a Jewish contingent for the annual Pride Parade in Atlanta. We’re enlisting Jewish organizations from all over the city to show support for gay rights.
We attend services at Or Hadash synagogue regularly. Rachel was part of the junior congregation today when Rabbi Analia asked what the kids’ favorite prayers were. Rachel answered Adon Olam. “Why?” asked the rabbi. “Because it means the service is over and we get to eat,” said my lovely daughter.
Rachel likes the Miami Dance. Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of it before because it turns out she’s referring to the Mayim Dance, an Israeli folk song about water: read Mayim Mayim song lyrics or listen to the song
The Brandeis University National Women’s Committee holds an annual used book sale in the Toco Hills neighborhood near our apartment. We visited the big tent last night and came home with some great deals. Their selection of Jewish books is always great, so that’s what I hit first. Rach went to the kids’ books. She [...]
This past Saturday, April 23, we held the first seder for Pesach/Passover. Rachel did a wonderful job reading the four questions in English. She asked why is this night different from all other nights, why we eat only matzah but not bread, why we dip our herbs twice, and why we eat while reclined. Aish.com [...]
Sunday school met at The Bremen, Atlanta’s Jewish museum, to see its exhibit about The Golden Age of Comic Books. Wow! I think Rachel’s favorite part was when she tried her hand at drawing a comic book villain. She also participated in a scavenger hunt to find artifacts on display. Afterwards, it was the museum [...]
Our synagogue, Congregation Bet Haverim, rents its office space in a home built of stone. We refer to this building as the Granite House. Rachel prefers to call it the Granny House.
Today’s Easter and Rachel has little concept of what that means. Last week, she asked if this was the holiday where “those people put that guy on the tree”. Religious sensitivity aside, I realized that she’s never had cause to learn what the holiday is about. It’s important she understand because my family is Christian. [...]
Our last soccer game was called on account of rain. The team is holding an end-of-season party at a local pizza parlor, so we will see all the girls together one last time. That’s great because Rachel made some great friends this season. My favorite bit about coaching the more religious girls in a Jewish [...]
