-
Oct 31, 2024 | 
lilith.org | Mikhal Weiner
Throughout this unspeakably long year, I have felt so many things — fear, horror, helplessness, rage, indignation, despair, desperation, isolation, loneliness — and now, finally, it has settled in my chest and belly as an ocean of grief. As I was writing these words, my phone was pinging with messages about vigils. My sweet and wonderful wife sang at two of these — a private one for our local community of Israelis and a public one at a local synagogue.
-
Apr 29, 2024 | 
parents.com | Mikhal Weiner
In case you, like me, have been living under a rock for the last few years, let me introduce you to the force of nature known as the Holderness Family. A family of four, they’re Penn (dad), Kim (mom), Lola and Penn Charles (two teens), and a pup named Sunny. If this sounds pretty typical, well, it is. And it’s also not.
-
Feb 1, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Mikhal Weiner
Lowering the retirement age won’t save US seniorsBy Mikhal WeinerFeatures correspondentGettyWhile presidential hopeful Nikki Haley proposes a rise in Americans’ retirement age, retirement differences around the world point to one thing: the age doesn't matter. Benjamin Franklin famously wrote of the certainty of two things — death and taxes. In today’s world many workers would like to add a third guarantee: an enjoyable retirement.
-
Oct 4, 2023 | 
jta.org | Mikhal Weiner
(New York Jewish Week) — For the three weeks between the first day of Rosh Hashanah and the end of Simchat Torah, it’s hard to get anything done in Israel. With so many holidays in rapid succession, businesses open sporadically, bureaucratic necessities remain pending and many cultural events are put on hold.
-
Sep 29, 2023 | 
msn.com | Mikhal Weiner
-
Sep 14, 2023 | 
jta.org | Jacob Gurvis |Mikhal Weiner |Rachel Ringler |Ron Kampeas
Almost 90 years ago, as all of Detroit held its breath, the Hall of Fame slugger went to a synagogue to think over whether to play on the holiday.
-
Sep 13, 2023 | 
asiatoday.co | Mikhal Weiner
(New York Jewish Week) — The graffiti scrawled on public toilet partitions might not appear to be the very best type of artwork. However for Jewish comic and musician Caitlin Cook dinner, a specific phrase she noticed on a rest room stall turned the catalyst for a decade of artistic inventiveness. “Since writing on toilet partitions is neither for crucial acclaim nor monetary reward,” it learn, “it’s the purest type of artwork.
-
Sep 13, 2023 | 
jta.org | Mikhal Weiner
(New York Jewish Week) — The graffiti scrawled on public bathroom walls may not seem like the highest form of art. But for Jewish comedian and musician Caitlin Cook, a particular phrase she saw on a bathroom stall became the catalyst for a decade of creative inventiveness. “Since writing on bathroom walls is neither for critical acclaim nor financial reward,” it read, “it is the purest form of art.
-
Sep 8, 2023 | 
jta.org | Mikhal Weiner
(New York Jewish Week) — Just in time for the High Holidays, a new, family-friendly Jewish play will make its Off-Broadway debut on Sunday, Sept. 10. “Out of the Apple Orchard” is based on the first book of Yvonne David’s acclaimed “Apple Tree” series. The two-book series — a third is forthcoming — follows the Jewish Bieman family as they immigrate from a shtetl in Lithuania, first to New York City and then to the Catskill Mountains.
-
Sep 7, 2023 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Mikhal Weiner
(New York Jewish Week) — Just in time for the High Holidays, a new, family-friendly Jewish play will make its Off-Broadway debut on Sunday, Sept. 10. “Out of the Apple Orchard” is based on the first book of Yvonne David’s acclaimed “Apple Tree” series. The two-book series — a third is forthcoming — follows the Jewish Bieman family as they immigrate from a shtetl in Lithuania, first to New York City and then to the Catskill Mountains.
