All sorts of Haggadot (the book describing the Passover Seder) I’ve used or liked over the years are up at: http://averbuch.net/pesach – a friend wanted these, so I posted.

All copyright the writers, as described within each haggadah.…

(if the video doesn’t show up for you, this is best viewed at http://averbuch.net/2008/04/03/video-mainstream-jewish-services-are-so-boring/)

Compared to Beth Shalom of Chicago’s that is (check out the video below – it is well worth watching all of it)… it’s…

As I mentioned previously, tonight was Purim, the Jewish Festival of Lots. For a full description, Wikipedia, as usual, has a pretty good description: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim

There are quite a few traditions around the holiday. The main…

While Purim is the next major Jewish holiday (tonight in fact), it seems to be never too early to start thinking about Passover (Pesach) and the rules surrounding it. In the past, I’ve always had a series of

Just read this on an old friend’s blog (Hi Jason!), and I thought it was a fascinating way to do social justice as part of Purim (matanot l’evyonim (I.e. gifts to the poor)) and fulfill grogger fun at the…

Joelle and I finally finished putting our pictures from Jerusalem (to visit Joelle’s sister and brother-in-law and our niece) and Paris up online; over the next few days, I’ll write up more about some of the pictures and the trip.…

Joelle and I have been taking an Introduction to Islam class that the local Hillel (Jewish Student Center) has been offering.

As part of the class, we visited a local mosque last weekend with our instructor (a Master’s student in…

“There are certain things you expect at weddings: white dresses, vows, rings, cake, dancing. But every now and then I’ll photograph a wedding that has something unexpected in it, and Joelle and Aaron’s wedding was one of them. It was

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