Shmitah: A year to rest, reset and reflect
By Mitch Burnie Shmitah is first mentioned in the Torah in Exodus 23:10-11. “And six years you shall sow your land, and you shall gather in its produce. And the seventh year you shall release it
By Mitch Burnie Shmitah is first mentioned in the Torah in Exodus 23:10-11. “And six years you shall sow your land, and you shall gather in its produce. And the seventh year you shall release it
Rosh Hashana this year will be . . . different. Without shule or family gathering we have to adapt and find new ways to connect to this moment. This idea of this meditation practice
High Holy Days Supplement 2021 / 5782 What has been the impact of 50 years of Jewish feminism? What have we changed? Where have we failed or stumbled? Did we transform Jewish life? Women
I read Sasha Sagan’s book For Small Creatures Such as We and Sarah Krasnostein’s The Believer almost a year apart. But they are that rare thing – two great works that speak to each other.
Gideon Haigh ‘The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent’ – in conversation with John Faulkner Author Gideon Haigh talked with John Faulkner about Haigh’s book ‘The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the
There have been periods in my life when I’ve had to take a long break from reading anything that is even remotely connected to that sea of Holocaust related literature, times when the weight has
Jewish recipes from around the world with Marcia Friedman and Lisa Goldberg While none of us can travel, what better way to savour the flavours of the world than with an hour of cooking Jewish recipes
If you really think about it, some of your favourite childhood memories are likely to have taken place outdoors. Have you ever jumped in muddy puddles? Run outside to collect hail from the grass in a storm? Made mud
Friends and family keep tell me that cooking has reentered their lives in a big way. This is wonderful news, and a definite silver lining of these otherwise tricky lockdowns. Since we’re spending so much
Some people burp their babies during lockdown and here I am burping the sauerkraut. It smells so good! The slow cooker is sending the aromatic bliss of fermented beetkraut borscht throughout the house. The dehydrator