Author: Congregation Beth El

Food Tourah – Shemot

January 14, 2025

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu. Sarah, a seasoned Jewish educator, brings a …

Food Tourah – Vayechi

January 7, 2025

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu.  Sarah, a seasoned Jewish educator, brings a …

Food Tourah – Miketz

December 23, 2024

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu.  Sarah, a seasoned Jewish educator, brings a …

Cracking Codes and other Capers

December 18, 2024

By Robin Jacobson.  At a book event in 2019, a librarian posed a fateful question.  She asked the assembled authors whether they might like to collaborate with another writer one …

Food Tourah – Vayeshev

December 16, 2024

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu.  Sarah, a seasoned Jewish educator, brings a …

Food Tourah – Vayishlach

December 10, 2024

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu.  Sarah, a seasoned Jewish educator, brings a wealth …

Food Tourah – Vayeitzi

December 3, 2024

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu.  Sarah, a seasoned Jewish educator, brings a …

Food Tourah – Toldot

November 25, 2024

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu.  Sarah, a seasoned Jewish educator, brings a …

Food Tourah – Chayei Sarah

November 19, 2024

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu.  Sarah, a seasoned Jewish educator, brings a …

The Shadow of the Past

November 13, 2024

By Robin Jacobson. The shadow of the past hovers over the present in the remarkable debut novel, The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. Shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize, the novel …