http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/ en sfishkoff@jta.org Copyright 2011 2011-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2011/03/01/2743143/wearing-the-whole-megillah Sue Fishkoff http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2011/03/01/2743143/wearing-the-whole-megillah Torah scribe Julie Seltzer has inscribed the whole Megillah on her Purim costume. 2011-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2011/01/07/2742453/a-blessing-on-their-furry-heads Sue Fishkoff http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2011/01/07/2742453/a-blessing-on-their-furry-heads The San Diego shul that blesses pets in honor of Tu B’Shevat is harking back to venerable Church practice. 2011-01-07T23:14:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/29/2742360/pretty-as-a-picture Sue Fishkoff http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/29/2742360/pretty-as-a-picture Cornell Hillel’s 2011 calendar boasts 12 of the cutest Jewish guys on campus 2010-12-30T04:20:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/21/2742280/bad-news-santa Sue Fishkoff http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/21/2742280/bad-news-santa How do you break the news to Jewish kids that Santa won’t be dropping by? 2010-12-22T03:45:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/10/2742120/most-delicious-chanukah-menorah Sue Fishkoff http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/10/2742120/most-delicious-chanukah-menorah This year’s award goes to the menorah filled with Jelly Belly candies in Fairfield, Calif. 2010-12-10T23:56:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/08/2742097/lighting-the-way-for-women-rabbis Sue Fishkoff http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/08/2742097/lighting-the-way-for-women-rabbis The first Reform, Reconstructionist and Conservative women rabbis, along with the first Orthodox rabba, lit Chanukah candles together Monday in Boston to celebrate women’s growing roles in Jewish ritual life.  2010-12-09T04:09:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/03/2742006/ncsys-chanukah-video Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/03/2742006/ncsys-chanukah-video NCSY, the youth movement of the Orthodox Union, has its own Chanukah video (beware: Cheesy alert!) Chanukah 2010-12-03T21:44:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/02/2741982/matisyahus-take-on-chanukah Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/02/2741982/matisyahus-take-on-chanukah If you’re not into a cappella, check out Matisyahu’s Chanukah music video—turns out the dude can skate! Chanukah 2010-12-02T21:01:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/02/2741978/a-new-light Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/02/2741978/a-new-light   2010-12-02T19:59:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/01/2741969/yu-chanukah-frezy-dreidel-record-and-viral-video Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/lifecyclist/article/2010/12/01/2741969/yu-chanukah-frezy-dreidel-record-and-viral-video OK, OK, the idea of Yehsiva University coming down with a case of Chanukah fever isn’t quite stop-the-presses news. Still, we figured you might enjoy some of the details. Chanukah 2010-12-01T23:43:00-05:00