Our Goal for creating this blog is to give the Utah Jewish community a platform to have their voices heard. Topics for the blog will range from What does being Jewish mean for local individuals, parenting Jewish, favorite recipes to local & global frustrations with the Jewish community.
Ever since I can remember, I had been thinking a lot about what a home is. As a kid I loved playing “house”, I loved making my barbies a home and building small forest homes. As I became a teenager and started to go backpacking my friends used to make fun of me that everywhere I camped I…
The United Jewish Federation of Utah is thrilled to announce that the annual Summer Party will once again be taking place in August of this year.
Designed as the Federation's more casual sister event to the annual Ben Gurion gala in Salt Lake City, the Summer Party aims to both develop an…
When we saw pictures of the property that we ultimately purchased in Silver Creek (part of Park City), the first thing that came to mind was, “we could have parties in the barn”. And so, on July 7th, 2022 we did just that. A casual “friendraiser” for the Jewish community of Park City…
One of my main goals as a shlicha and a religious school teacher is to help the kids in my classes to be publicly proud of being Jewish. I did not come to Utah with this goal in mind, but it came to me because of the kids and young adults I’ve met and spoken to since I’ve been here. Many…
Passover with my Progeny
The table, perfectly set, was beautiful. The real treasure, however, was the PJ Library Haggadah. This gem walked me and my husband through the most meaningful and magical seder with our children.
Lighting the holiday candles with a blessing started the very differ…
