Jew In The City

I Want to Start Keeping Kosher: Where Do I Begin?

Allison — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:29:20 +0000

Dear Jew in the City, Neither my husband or I were raised in households that keep kosher, but we would like to start. Do you have any suggestions for a military family who would like to begin keeping Kosher? The military lifestyle has us often living in cities far from observant Jewish communities and causes us moving frequently - [...] Related Posts

Pepsi Wants You To #LiveForNow: Does Judaism Believe in Living For This World Or For Heaven?

Allison — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:17:36 +0000

The other day on twitter, I got a promoted tweet from Pepsi that said: "Got a fav #quote? One that gets you going? Tweet to us…if we #loveit we'll RT and spread the #inspiration #LiveForNow :)" From this tweet I learned two things: number one - the English language has been ruined - possibly forever, and number [...] Related Posts

Jew in the City on the Front Page of the Jewish Press, Plus Two New Speaking Engagements!

Allison — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:13:59 +0000

Two and a half years ago, after reaching out to the Jewish Press with a short article about Jew in the City's mission, I was offered an opportunity to write up a longer article and have it on the front page. A few months ago, the editor offered me the front page spot a second [...] Related Posts

Why (Should I Care If You) Marry Jewish?

Allison — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:59:24 +0000

A few months ago while on Facebook, I started looking at an old high school friend's pictures. As is often the case on Facebook, pictures of someone I didn't know any more led me to pictures of someone I didn't know at all. (Obviously, I kept clicking!) And then I saw a picture of [...] No related posts.

Yom HaShoah: The Only Way To Achieve “Never Again”

Allison — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:35:23 +0000

I spent much of my childhood wishing that I had Holocaust survivors in my family. Now before you completely judge me for having such an insane wish, hear me out. I was raised to be a proud Jew, but did not have much of a foundation for that pride. Our minimal observance occurred only when [...] No related posts.

Our Father in Heaven And a Temple in Time-Out

Allison — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:52:03 +0000

It was one of those pretend cell phones (it even had a slide out keyboard!) that my three year old son slung across the room, narrowly missing my father's head as it whizzed by. Despite the fact that it played annoying music and had no volume control, I had bought it the day before as the [...] Related Posts

Shake Off The Crumbs of Laziness: The Motivation In Matza

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:44:51 +0000

I've been known to eat cookies in bed even though mothers tell you not to. Such a yummy food in such a cozy place is almost the perfect combination were it not for those tiny crumbs that irritate the skin more than they ought to. This time of year (before Passover) crumbs irritate the soul [...] Related Posts

The Link Between the Toulouse and Mumbai Murders and Passover Redemption

Allison — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:31:19 +0000

For not just one alone has risen against us to destroy us, but in every generation they rise against us to destroy us...We will soon be saying these words at the Passover seder, but they ring so true right now. The murder of three Jewish children and a young rabbi in Toulouse this week was [...] Related Posts

Jew in the City Is On NPR

Allison — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:18:13 +0000

After many months of email tag, interview rescheduling, and plain old waiting for the air date, my interview on NPR's "Interfaith Voices" (and Mayim's, which follows mine and touches on our relationship) is finally on the air! This is the largest audience we've ever reached at JITC (100,000 listeners on 76 stations in the US and [...] Related Posts

From Callous to Caring: The Key to Jewish Compassion

Allison — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:59:05 +0000

I never thought of myself as a callous person, and yet, I can't deny that there were times when I was just too "busy" to stop and treat certain situations with the importance they deserved. Like on the morning of September 11, 2001, when my mom (who has a tendency to over-worry) called to report [...] Related Posts

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