Prepping Rosh Hashanah : self-flagellation in summer
Post-Rosh Hashanah : tossing flaws and breadcrumbs
The Fast of Gedaliah : lessons of a slain governor
The truth about Hom Kippur : death and more death
Yom Kippur letdown : maybe next year
Sukkot in LA : serious Sukkah envy
Hoshanah Rabbah & Shemini Atzeret : left out, then lingering
Simchat Torah : the most pit
Hanukkah reconsidered : a split in the Jewish soul
Hanukkah at the bedside and the White House : unexpected light
The Tenth of Tevet : starting the secular year hungry
Slouching toward Shabbat : the most important holiday of all : Tu B'Shvat : sometimes you feel like a nut
Tzom Esther & Purim : preparing to fast and spiel
The Purim report : mirth and melancholy
Passover : scallions and rare silences
The feminist Passover : a (third) seder of her own
Yom HaShoah : "We did more than survive"
Yom HaZikaron & Yom Ha'atzmaut : for the fallen and the free : Israel's Memorial and Independence days
Lag B'Omer : R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Activist Shabbat : Friday night with the kids
Sleepless on Shavuot : let my people learn
17th of Tammuz : another fast, seriously?
Tisha B'Av : mourning history, headlines, and hatred
My Shabbat landing : comforting consistency
Appendix 1. A Jewish year in bullet points
