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The Shabbat Drop.
Miranda Lapides on Jewish joy, culture and connection — what she has been reading, watching and arguing with this week, and a Hebrew word to take into Shabbat.
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I thought I was an Av baby until...
Hebrew Word of the Week: Bet you didn’t know this one: g’luyah (גלויה), meaning postcard. Many Hebrew speakers in my life, including Israelis, didn’t know this word…
Celebrating a deeply abundant and juicy life
Hebrew Word of the Week: We got a twofer this week! I learned the word for an experience is chavaya (חוויה), but if you’re talking about work experience, you’d use…
Joyful Jewish Moments are Having a Moment
Hebrew Word of the Week: Someone taught me the term for peer pressure, which is lachatz chevrati (לַחַץ חֶבְרָתִי). Thanks, Ariella!
Coexistence Tastes Like Olive Oil
Hebrew Word of the Week: A slice (of pizza) is the same word for triangle: meshulash (משולש) 🍕
Baseless Hatred: Maybe the Rabbis Were Onto Something
I was delighted to find a recording of the Moomin theme song in Hebrew. From that translation, I learned the word for wonderful/marvelous, which is mufla (מופלא). How…
Jewish Outlander Pt. II: The Jewish Characters
Hebrew Word of the Week: Say, what’s Outlander in Hebrew, anyway? It’s nokhria (נוכרייה), which translates to "female Stranger" or "foreigner." Which is what Claire…
Every piece 183
- 183Welcome to Jewish Croatia
- 182I thought I was an Av baby until...
- 181Celebrating a deeply abundant and juicy life
- 180Joyful Jewish Moments are Having a Moment
- 179Coexistence Tastes Like Olive Oil
- 178Baseless Hatred: Maybe the Rabbis Were Onto Something
- 177Jewish Outlander Pt. II: The Jewish Characters
- 176Revolts and Romance: Jewish Outlander Pt. I
- 175Stars (of David) and Stripes
- 174How I'm Staying Connected to Israel Right Now
- 173Get in Jewish professionals, we’re going to camp!
- 1722 Books by Award-Winning Israeli Author Yishay Ishi Ron
- 171Shavuot Programs are the New Passover Programs
- 170Westward Ho! How Jews Came Through Galveston, Texas
- 169Soft Power? More Like Hard Pride
- 168A Story About Stealing
- 167I practiced these Jewish values for one month. Here’s how it went.
- 166What's in a name? That which we call a holiday
- 165Sometimes a prayer can look like this,
- 164Tragedy Tonight, Stories Forever
- 163Meet Brother Shlomo, a Jewish Freemason
- 162The Animated Short Film That Should Have Won an Oscar
- 161Jewish Women Who Understood the Assignment
- 160"We Are Two People Intertwined."
- 159How I'm Finding Joy This Adar
- 158💌✡️ SHABBAT NOTES ✡️💌
- 157Let's Be 10% Jewier
- 156“It’s Here. I’m Here. They Were All Here.”
- 155Hardened Hearts and Praying Legs
- 154When Jews Ruled Basketball
- 153Jewish Things on My Mind Right Now
- 1526 Jewish Books I Read in 2025
- 151This Chanukah, I Refuse to Cast My Jewishness Aside
- 150My Jewish Dream Finally Came True!
- 149Jewish Book Month: The Torah in the Tarot
- 148It's Bring Your Goyim to Shul Day!
- 147What if we treated Judaism like our camp crush?
- 146What does Judaism say about birthdays?
- 145Anne Frank Lookalike Competition!
- 144Spiritual Care Through Connection: A Conversation with Rabbi Ben Varon
- 143What I Learned From October 7th
- 142Love in the Shadow of War
- 141May Your Doors Be Open
- 140What's in Your Jewish Pie?
- 139Standing Strong with Amit Bar
- 1383 Things Bringing Me Jewish Joy Right Now
- 137The Queen is in the Field
- 136A Blessing from Fred
- 135💍My Love for Medieval Jewish Wedding Rings
- 134The Two-Space Solution
- 133Notes from an IDF Base
- 132🔥 Bringing the Heat This Tammuz
- 131Like Covid, but with Missiles
- 130🏹 Aiming with Awe: Judaism as a Practice
- 129Jewish Firefighters? Holy Hell 🔥
- 128Cool Things I Learned This Shavuot!
- 127“I’m Taiwanese, and I’m Jewish.”
- 126Secrets for a Well-Lived Life—Revealed!
- 125A Middle Finger to Terror
- 124What does Maimonides have to say about erectile dysfunction?
- 123The Most Important Jewish Election You’ve Never Heard Of
- 122"My Thoughts Are Free"
- 1215 Picks for Passover: From Playful to Powerful
- 120Putting the 'Ha' in Haggadah
- 119Feeling Liberated: What a Play Taught Me About Jewsplaining
- 118Courage: Let the Queens Show Us How It's Done
- 117The Power of Voice: What Being a Woman Is To Me
- 116The Brutalist: A Blueprint for Jewish Survival
- 115Some Lovely Little Tu BiShvat Poems
- 114The People of the Book and the Sword
- 113📘 Let's Get Uncomfortable!
- 112Indifference to Injustice is the Gate to Hell
- 111How the Jewish Community Stepped Up During the LA Fires
- 1108 Questions I Get Asked About Poland
- 109🎸 Rockin' Around the Chanukah Bush
- 108Shark Tank Meets Antisemitism
- 107The Most Important Book I Read This Year
- 106Comedy as a Weapon for Survival Pt. IV
- 105Jewish Gratitude List Pt. III
- 104Mimouna, Moufletta, and Misconceptions
- 103A Rare Look Inside a Prison Synagogue
- 102🥳 Happy 2nd Shabbat Dropiversary
- 101Cemetery Measuring Women of Ashkenaz
- 100My Keffiyeh Karen Confession
- 99How are you holding up?
- 98From Leeks to Likes: Adventures in Jewish Storytelling
- 97Miranda's Search for Spirituality
- 96From Manischewitz to Mindfulness: A Jewish Retreat!
- 95A Month by Any Other Name
- 94The Significance of Re'eh-visiting Old Lessons
- 93Comedy as a Weapon for Survival Pt. III
- 92The One Where Fred Turns 95
- 91How October 7th Changed My View of Tisha B'Av
- 90Building Peace Through Classical Pieces
- 89The Frozen Chosen 101
- 88🎈Balloons and Jewish Brooklyn
- 87Comedy as a Weapon for Survival Pt. II
- 865 Things I Learned on Shavuot
- 85🏳️🌈 Gay Shabbat
- 84🧀 A Catch-Up with the King of Kosher Cheese
- 83Comedy as a Weapon for Survival Pt. I
- 82Cut. It. Out! The Bris Drop
- 81🎤🎵Hallelujah! Israeli history through Eurovision wins
- 80Yom HaShoah and Honoring the Six Million
- 79Call Me By Your Name: The Forgotten Exodus
- 78Meet Vince, a Jew de Vivre 🎉
- 77To Jew is to Do
- 76Creating Change, One Milk Carton at a Time
- 75Meet Randa, the Boss of Braided Bread
- 74Ancient Courage and Modern Identity: A Purim Reflection
- 73The Colorful Life of Iris Apfel
- 72Jew Ho! The Jewish Bollywood Drop
- 71My story of Jonathan Pollard
- 70On Jewish Giving and Building a Better World
- 69My First Shiva Experience
- 68The best Jewish book, according to me
- 67Natesh's Search for Meaning
- 66🌳Planting Trees for a Better Future
- 65Bluegrass, Bourbon, and B'nai Mitzvahs
- 64Baruch ata Adonaj: Notes from Copenhagen
- 635 Jewish Books I Read in 2023
- 62Meet Ronit, Israeli Artivist
- 61🦸The Marvels of Jewish Comics
- 60Hanukkah: The Festival of Might
- 59It's here! The 2023 Hanukkah Gift Guide!
- 58Who will repair the chain?
- 57The Secret History of Iran's Mashhadi Jews
- 56My Jewish Gratitude List Pt. ii
- 55I know we will overcome this.
- 54Life Through a Jewish Lens
- 53I'm safe, but not okay.
- 52Happy Shabbat Dropiversary!
- 51You're the Lulav to My Etrog
- 509 Ways to Elevate Yourself for Yom Kippur
- 49What are your Jewish goals?
- 48Meet Robin Weiss, Kugel Kween
- 47Curly-Haired Jews: This Is for You
- 4620 Lessons I Learned in My 20s
- 45Happy Fred Friday
- 443... 2... 1... Raid the Shelves!
- 43Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a (Digital) Match
- 42My Tisha B'Av Tell-All
- 41💖 Finding Judaism through Barbie
- 40Tammuz Me to Tears
- 39A Torah in Tallinn: My Trip to Jewish Estonia
- 38Kosher reindeer, anyone?
- 37Fun fact! I’m trans. Wow!
- 36Jewish Identity on the Go
- 35You are always Sivan my mind
- 34“Excuse me, is this 'Jews and UFOs?'"
- 33🧀 A Conversation with the King of Kosher Cheese
- 32Jewish Harlem: Then and Now
- 31What's a Jewish Pirate's Favorite Month? Iy-arrr!
- 30💎 Diamonds are a Jew's Best Friend
- 29How do you feel about Israel@75?
- 28Howdy! Shalom!
- 27Be confident in your Jewish knowledge
- 26Doodle Me Like One of Your Jewish Girls
- 25Why is my AI boyfriend so obsessed with Jews?
- 24I'll Have What She's Having!
- 23🎻A Fiddler on the Roof. Sounds crazy, no?
- 22Purim 101
- 21"U CRY NOW" for Ukraine
- 20🤠 The Jews of the Wild West
- 19Black (Jewish) History Month
- 18Praying for Peace When it Feels Pointless
- 17Bo Means Go
- 16Celebrating Bagels and Community
- 15The Jewish Secret to Happiness
- 14Jewish Books I Read in 2022
- 13I'm really angry right now!
- 12The Jew Who Loved Christmas
- 11Hanukkah Gift Guide + PARTY!
- 10Let's Talk About (Jewish) Sex, Baby
- 09Kiss My Lev
- 08Sigd and Ethiopian Jewry with Beejhy Barhany
- 07My Jewish Gratitude List Pt. I
- 06Two Ladies in Leopoldstadt
- 05What the Chell is Cheshvan?
- 04Ramy Season 3 Review
- 03Ye or Nay? I Say Nay.
- 02A Tale of Two Yom Kippur Services
- 01MY GREAT JEWISH JOURNEY (Thus Far, in Brief)
Also every week: Spiritual Sparks.
Rabbi Ze'ev Smason on the small sparks of everyday life.
Also every week: Your Weekly Dose.
Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman of Chabad Intown, on the week and what it asks of us.
Also every week: Gimme Some Torah.
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel on the day’s portion, most days of the week.
Also every week: Finding the Joy.
Uri's weekly turn through the parsha, looking for the joy in it.