Zen and the art of homemade
gefilte fish
I added a new experience to my Passover preparation
last year. In addition to counting the Haggadahs, practicing
the Four Questions with my daughter, inviting guests, shopping
and cleaning the house, I made gefilte fish from scratch for
the first time ever.
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| 10
ways to help your child develop a Jewish identity
Special to The Jewish Bulletin
At a recent event in Seattle, an audience
member asked "Generation J" author Lisa Schiffman
how she would ensure her child identifies as a Jew instead
of just being labeled Jewish.
The pregnant Oakland writer, whose book is about her journey
toward Jewish affiliation, gave one of her charming but flip
answers. She said she didn't know the answer and wondered
if the questioner had a list she could use. The question and
the answer are, of course, at the heart of the Jewish continuity
debate.
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| Letter
to the community
I was going to use this column to chastise
you for missing out on a wonderful learning opportunity at
Pacific Northwest Mini-CAJE last weekend. While you were sleeping
in or shopping to celebrate President’s Day, hundreds
of your fellow community members spend many joyful hours building
their Jewish literacy and expanding their minds.
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| Letter
to the community: Saying Goodbye
The saying “don’t kill the messenger”
probably has its roots in Jewish tradition. Did you know that
despite the rules of lashon hara (gossip), members of the
community have a moral obligation to uncover and reveal issues
of importance to our fellow Jews?
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Obituaries 101
I’ve wanted to write this story for
a long time.
But every time the idea pops back up, I push it aside. Who would
want to read a story about writing an obituary? Who wants to
think about such things when it’s not necessary?
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