In One Ehrlich

No one said blogging would be easy; I try to post at least once a week and then cross post in my Lakeside email blast, Machberet.  At t...

I am not big on New Year's resolutions but it is hard not to think about them at this time of year.  I take stock at the Jewish New year...

Welcome to ICamp I have been home a week from this year's Icamp sponsored by the ICenter and with the celebration of Chanukah I hav...

What’s Jewish about Thanksgiving?  I see the world through Jewish colored lens and certainly there is much in Thanksgiving which is ...

I was never a fan of Halloween.  I did allow costumes on Halloween with the caveat whatever costume you bought for Halloween you wore at Pur...

At the food bank last year. This year Lakeside Congregation has taken on an ambitious social action project.  We packing 19 backpacks f...

I have always thought Christmas lights are beautiful.  Growing up in a Crystal Lake, Illinois and being the only Jewish house on my block wi...