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Tamara Eden was born into, what she had thought was a traditional (American) Jewish family. Childhood for her was not much unlike other Jewish families in the suburbs. Her grandparents immigrated from Poland in the early 1920’s. They seemingly adapted quickly to life in America. Her three brothers, her three step-sisters, and Tamara all attended Hebrew school, Reform style. Read More

Last weekend we stopped by one of our local Judaica shops to browse.  While there I saw a really wonderful Shabbat and Havdalah kit to go.  I thought this was a great place to share with those of you who will be doing or who do lots of traveling AND who are trying to honor [...]

I’ve been meaning to share this little link with you all.
This site is a handy tool if you live or will be visiting Los Angeles. It basically consists of all things Jewish. For example, if you’re looking for the following things, this a good one stop place to find them. The site is [...]

The night was young and I was already exhausted. My days start early, needless to say, I look forward to relaxing weekends. For some reason though, I never caught up on my sleep last weekend which makes this small feat even bigger.
This year, my husband and I managed to be awake for the ENTIRE (unless [...]

One thing Avi and I are conscientious about is traveling with kosher snacks so that it’s easier to be kosher outside our home. One challenge can be full meals that are tasty and warm. When we have traveled or even a simple trip to Disneyland, finding kosher can be quite the challenge [...]

“First Abayudaya Ugandan Ordained at Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies” this is the title of an article I just stumbled upon on the AJU website .  Gershom Sizomu is from Uganda.  His ancestors converted to Judaism less than 100 years ago.  The Jewish community in Uganda has quite an interesting story which you can read [...]

And who says all frummies are right wing and think alike.  Check out the latest YouTube video from FrumSatire. This guy continuously cracks me up.  I don’t know, I guess I really like dry, sarcastic humor.
Enjoy.

First African American woman convert to be ordained as a Reform Rabbi, reports the JTA. Below is an excerpt but if you wish to read the full story, check it out on JTA. \
Raised by Pentacostal parents, Stanton-Ogulnick spent her childhood and young adulthood as a spiritual seeker, making the rounds of various [...]

This morning Avi and I will be finishing our final Pesach preparations.  This means  cleaning the final two rooms of our apartment; our eating area, and the kitchen.  Cleaning for Pesach is no laughing matter. It requires some planning, some patience, and time. 
As we all prepare, in whichever ways each of us do, I’m [...]

Not sure if anyone has noticed (besides my husband ), but I’ve been a very bad JBS.ORG contributor lately.  Please know that I read MANY of your posts, most of them really. 
So…tonight I was catching up on blog reading and came across a post by SCHVACH.  Schvach is what I presume to be [...]

Last Sunday I attended a class for teachers that is something worth sharing. 
In the Los Angeles Unified School District the way to move up in salary is to take ’salary point classes’ .  It takes 14 points to jump to each next step.  As you can imagine, it’s important to move up in pay [...]