Homemade Happiness
I am a sucker for baked goods. My taste in pastries has been refined over the years, from Chips Ahoy to bakery made black and whites, to baking my own […]
Entries by Evan Krame
They Paved Paradise
A person I love called to ask if their adult son could attend Rosh Hashanah services and how much that single ticket would cost. I began wondering about the first […]
Wholehearted High Holidays
The Jewish religion of today reminds me of a New York subway station with trains departing the station in opposite directions. Orthodoxy is focused on adherence to rigorous interpretations of […]
Spiritual Open Heart Surgery
You might think that difficult times make us likely to ask God for help. If so, religion would be a thriving business today. Perhaps Judaism offers an alternative response to […]
Purim Spiel 2020 – Trumpaverus Saves the Jews
Scene 1 Narrator: Long ago in a land not so far away, there was a lavish inaugural ball for President Trumpaverus. All of the lobbyists, political hacks, ambassadors and business […]
Let’s Make Cavatelli with the Pasta Social Club
Potomac’s own MERYL FEINSTEIN, teaching us to make beautiful cavatelli pasta. Cooking with Friends!
What to Talk About at Seder This Year
New questions for this year’s seder.
The Simplicity of Making Bad Choices
A very smart woman I know chose not to get vaccinated. She had already been infected with Covid and reasoned that she now had the necessary antibodies. Now she complains […]
Resilience
Hurricanes, Floods, Earthquakes – Nuclear Weapons, Famines in Africa In 5777 we witnessed the stresses and shocks that come with a new reality. What distinguishes today’s threats from those of […]
Evan J. Krame was ordained as a rabbi by the