Chanukah before Christmas
Chanukah* begins this Thursday night. I love it when it happens this way. When Chanukah starts and ends before Christmas, my holiday …
Obituaries
On the eve of Yom Kippur, I considered what I wanted to tell my Facebook “friends” in regard to wishes for the …
Reflections on the High Holidays
Happy New Year – Rosh Hashanah — to Jews around the world. The holiday falls in the context of a whole holiday …
Mean People and Their Stories
Mean people, The Book Review I am a sucker for contests. Most summers, I have tried to win the Somerville Library Summer …
Clearing the Weeds
What I call my front yard is a patch of land that is about twenty-six feet wide and about six feet deep. …