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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Edmon J. Rodman

Edmon J. Rodman

Edmon J. Rodman
March 26, 2017, 1:37 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
Pro tips for leading the Passover seder
How to make sure everyone at the table makes it past the plague of ennui
Edmon J. Rodman
December 27, 2016, 4:04 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
Why I light my menorah in the window
Lighting Hanukkah candles in full view still signifies the American ability to share one’s beliefs openly and freely
Edmon J. Rodman
October 16, 2016, 1:40 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
Wise King Solomon, on the US election
Maxims from the biblical Ecclesiastes shed light on the presidential candidates and their remaining debate
Edmon J. Rodman
January 24, 2016, 2:59 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
Tu BiShvat, seeds of growth and change
A celebration of Israel’s 7 species reminds him of a community in which strength is rooted in diversity
Edmon J. Rodman
December 6, 2015, 1:39 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
On Hanukkah, just let the lights go out
Here’s a chance to pause hectic daily life: watch the candles burn down, and meditate on the flickering flames
Edmon J. Rodman
October 30, 2015, 6:58 am
Edmon J. Rodman
Kosher candy rings the bell on Halloween
Even if the holiday is treif, the treats are kosher (and Dr. Scab’s Monster Lab Chocolate Body Parts are dairy)
Edmon J. Rodman
September 27, 2015, 2:59 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
Celebrating Sukkot in a time of drought
In parched California, a holiday entwined with the environment drives home the need for sustainable solutions
Edmon J. Rodman
September 14, 2015, 8:50 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
The kitschy Jewish calendar on the fridge
Those freebies from funeral homes, fish stores and non-profits help keep the Jewish community on the same page
Edmon J. Rodman
July 26, 2015, 9:57 am
Edmon J. Rodman
Going ‘Inside Out’ on Tisha B’Av
A character in the popular animated flick can teach us how to mourn something we can’t remember losing
Edmon J. Rodman
July 2, 2015, 12:39 am
Edmon J. Rodman
July 4th weekend dilemma: Feast or fast?
What’s an observant Jewish American patriot to do when Independence Day falls on a traditional day of mourning?
Edmon J. Rodman
May 23, 2015, 9:24 am
Edmon J. Rodman
The day I almost dropped the Torah
A Shavuoth when the greatest of synagogue honors nearly slipped out of his hands
Edmon J. Rodman
March 20, 2015, 9:55 am
Edmon J. Rodman
My childhood lessons of Passover
At seder he learned what wine tastes like, how to battle boredom and that answers come in books
David Sookne, front left, and Bruce Hartford, third from right, in Alabama during a voter registration drive in 1965. (Courtesy of Bruce Hartford/JTA)
January 17, 2015, 5:53 am
How big of a ‘We’ were the Jews in ‘We shall overcome’?
Ahead of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a Jewish Angeleno recalls a rough summer in ‘65 of pursuing justice in Alabama
By Edmon J. Rodman
There’s no masking it, some Jews are spooked about joining the Halloween celebration on Shabbat. (photo credit: Edmon J. Rodman/JTA)
October 31, 2014, 7:18 pm
Shabbat on Halloween: Horror of horrors or wonder of wonders?
Since Heschel said ‘the meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space,’ who better to have at my Halloween Shabbat dinner than a Time Lord?
By Edmon J. Rodman
Edmon J. Rodman
October 22, 2014, 2:08 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
Horror of horrors: Shabbat on Halloween!
Mulling the deep theological question of what to wear when the neighborhood trick-or-treaters come knocking
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