Let Our Joy Increase:  Thank God it's Adar! When Adar arrives, our happiness goes way up. Which is good - because we can use all the hap...

Rereading Dara Horn :  It is only six very short years since  Abq Jew  personally encountered antisemitic hate on his blog and website (see ...

Here We Go!21stAnnual!  YES! Congregation Nahalat Shalom will once again be celebrating its annual KlezmerQuerque festival of klezmer music ...

The Sabbath of Song : This coming Shabbat is the Sabbath of Song, when we again read the story of the Crossing of the Red Sea and the ensuin...