Will Santa Bring Me Presents, Even If I’m Jewish?
An article about celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas in an interfaith family
Let My Voice be a Hammer
A blessing for our voices during Hanukkah, in solidarity with the Women of the Wall
Geshem: Verses for Our Mothers
On Shemini Atzeret, Jews offer a special prayer for rain (it is the beginning of the rainy season in Israel). The traditional version of this prayer refers obliquely to each of the forefathers and their relationship to water; this version highlights the foremothers.
Feminine Stanzas for the Prayer for Rain
Women’s prayer for rain
New Rituals for Simchat Torah
New ideas for celebrating Simchat Torah
Women’s Tefillah and Torah Reading for Simchat Torah
An innovative way to call up women to the Torah for a women’s Torah reading, highlighting the foremothers
Sukkah Blessings
Blessings to recite for building the sukkah and dwelling in it
Building a Family Sukkah
A one-woman project using readily available materials and strategic craft-store and end-of-December purchases
Sukkah-Construction Diagram
Illustration for a do-it-yourself family sukkah
Welcoming Ushpizot with Ushpizin
Biblical heroines are invited to the sukkah, along with the traditional honored male “guests”
