About the Author

Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Dr. Alt Miller lives with her family in Chicago, and has lectured internationally on Jewish topics. Her book Angels at the table: a Practical Guide to Celebrating Shabbat takes readers through the rituals of Shabbat and more, explaining the full beautiful spectrum of Jewish traditions with warmth and humor. It has been praised as "life-changing", a modern classic, and used in classes and discussion groups around the world.

Bella Abramovna and the Jewish People's University

Bella Abramovna and the Jewish People's University

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This Soviet mathematician founded an underground Jewish university and was likely assassinated by the KGB.

British MPs Confronting Jew-Hatred

British MPs Confronting Jew-Hatred

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After years of rising anti-Semitism, British MPs are leaving the Labour political party.

No One Wants the Jews: Remembering the St. Louis

No One Wants the Jews: Remembering the St. Louis

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The ship set sail with over 900 Jewish refugees and was rebuffed by the United States and Canada.

Horrific Murder in Jerusalem

Horrific Murder in Jerusalem

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Ori Ansbacher’s brutal murder by an Arab terrorist has been ignored by much of the world’s press.

The Amazing Yiddish Album Nominated for a Grammy

The Amazing Yiddish Album Nominated for a Grammy

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Suppressed for a lifetime, this music was discovered and recorded, and then nominated for a Grammy.

Erasing Henry Ford’s Anti-Semitism

Erasing Henry Ford’s Anti-Semitism

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The mayor of Dearborn is hiding Ford’s Jew-hatred; it’s important the world learns from it instead.

During the Polar Vortex, One Woman Got 60 Motel Rooms for the Homeless

During the Polar Vortex, One Woman Got 60 Motel Rooms for the Homeless

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For one Chicago woman, the Arctic cold wasn’t an inconvenience; it was a call to action.

6 Interesting Facts about Falafel

6 Interesting Facts about Falafel

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Six facts about Israel’s favorite food.

Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

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The Japanese cleaning whiz helped me stop feeling like a slave to my possessions.

Beneath a Scarlet Sky: Italian Heroism in the Holocaust

Beneath a Scarlet Sky: Italian Heroism in the Holocaust

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A bestselling novel is reminding readers of real-life cases of Italian heroism in the face of danger.

MAGA Teen & the Confrontation on the National Mall

MAGA Teen & the Confrontation on the National Mall

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Let’s try and get past fear and hatred and foster empathy for one another instead.

Martin Luther King: Quotes about Israel and Jews

Martin Luther King: Quotes about Israel and Jews

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Stirring calls to live up to our potential and to look at others with fairness and warmth.

Tehinot: Forgotten History of Jewish Women's Prayers

Tehinot: Forgotten History of Jewish Women's Prayers

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Personal and poetic, these Yiddish prayers, often written by Jewish women , are among the least-known but most beautiful of Jewish prayers.

Burying Six Unidentified Holocaust Victims

Burying Six Unidentified Holocaust Victims

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Officiated by Chief Rabbi Mirvis, the funeral is planned for Sunday, January 20, in London and will be open to the public.

Muslim Heroes of the Holocaust

Muslim Heroes of the Holocaust

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Four remarkable stories that some Muslims don’t want to be publicized.

Amos Oz, Controversial Giant of Israeli Literature

Amos Oz, Controversial Giant of Israeli Literature

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In a life that spanned the state of Israel, Oz wrote novels of humanity and beauty.

Black Christmas: December 25 in Jewish History

Black Christmas: December 25 in Jewish History

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For generations, Jews have faced danger on this day.

Dona Gracia Nasi & the Spanish Inquisition’s Underground Railroad

Dona Gracia Nasi & the Spanish Inquisition’s Underground Railroad

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Gracia Nasi defied the Spanish Inquisition to ferry thousands of Jews to safety.

Rona Ramon, Widow of Israel’s First Astronaut, Dies at Age 54

Rona Ramon, Widow of Israel’s First Astronaut, Dies at Age 54

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In a life touched by tragedy, Rona Ramon continuously chose life.

13 Questions Every Jewish Student Should Ask Prospective Colleges

13 Questions Every Jewish Student Should Ask Prospective Colleges

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A helpful guide for Jewish high school students checking out various universities.

Selma Engel, Witness to Sobibor

Selma Engel, Witness to Sobibor

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Woman who told the world about the secret death camp passes away at age 96.

5 Proven Ways to Increase Our Happiness

5 Proven Ways to Increase Our Happiness

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Based on science and Jewish wisdom.

The Holocaust Menorah

The Holocaust Menorah

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A moving photo and the menorah that bears testimony to the eternal Jewish nation.

The 30 Minute Screen-Free Hanukkah Challenge

The 30 Minute Screen-Free Hanukkah Challenge

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Enhance your family’s Hanukkah and turn off all devices for 30 minutes while your menorah lights burn.

Menorahs in Montana

Menorahs in Montana

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The Schnitzer family had no idea that their children’s Hanukkah pictures would spark an anti-Semitic attack and galvanize a whole community.

5 Amazing Hanukkah Artifacts

5 Amazing Hanukkah Artifacts

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Touching history in Israel.

Why One Muslim Was Buried in a Jewish Cemetery

Why One Muslim Was Buried in a Jewish Cemetery

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Punishing Arabs for helping Jews.

Abraham Lincoln and the Jews: 10 Fascinating Facts

Abraham Lincoln and the Jews: 10 Fascinating Facts

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Snapshots of Lincoln’s remarkable relationship with Jews.

Airbnb's Outrageous Decision Against Israel

Airbnb's Outrageous Decision Against Israel

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The rental site is delisting vacation rentals that are outside of Israel's 1967 borders.

Back to Berlin

Back to Berlin

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An eclectic group of Jewish motorcyclists, representing Israel and the Maccabiah Games, travel across Europe to Germany, facing past and present demons.

Stan Lee, Creator of Flawed Superheroes Has Died

Stan Lee, Creator of Flawed Superheroes Has Died

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Flawed and complex, Lee’s superheroes looked a lot like us.

The Women's March: Saying No to Anti-Semitism

The Women's March: Saying No to Anti-Semitism

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Actress Alyssa Milano is showing us how to fix the Women's March and other movements infected with anti-Semitism.

The Jewish Nurse who Treated the Pittsburgh Murderer

The Jewish Nurse who Treated the Pittsburgh Murderer

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Coming face to face with unspeakable evil, being Jewish gave Ari Mahler the courage to stand up for what he believed in.

Joachim Ronnenberg: Stopping Hitler’s Nuclear Ambitions

Joachim Ronnenberg: Stopping Hitler’s Nuclear Ambitions

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The daring raid on the Nazis’ secret nuclear facility in Norway.

#ShowUpForShabbat

#ShowUpForShabbat

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This Shabbat, let’s stop the infighting and unite.

Remembering the 11 Victims of the Pittsburgh Massacre

Remembering the 11 Victims of the Pittsburgh Massacre

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May each of their memories be a blessing.

Complicit: Stoking an Environment of Hate

Complicit: Stoking an Environment of Hate

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We have much work to do in this post-massacre world. Let’s get started.

Judaism and Common Superstitions

Judaism and Common Superstitions

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Who’s afraid of Friday the 13th and black cats?

Marilyn Monroe's Siddur

Marilyn Monroe's Siddur

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Reading from a Hebrew prayer book and writing comments in its margins isn't the typical image one has of the actress.

The Indian Princess who Fought Nazis

The Indian Princess who Fought Nazis

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Noor Inayat Khan courageously spied for Britain behind enemy lines.

Hiding from the Nazi Downstairs

Hiding from the Nazi Downstairs

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Elsa Koditschek hid under the noses of the SS family who’d stolen her home.

Anti-Semitic Posters on American Campuses

Anti-Semitic Posters on American Campuses

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It's the latest in a series of attacks on Jews on campuses, often organized by white supremacist groups.

Five Ways We Can Help Stop Bullying

Five Ways We Can Help Stop Bullying

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Judaism advocates a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to cruelty and bullying.

The Oldest Nobel Prize Winner Isn’t Slowing Down

The Oldest Nobel Prize Winner Isn’t Slowing Down

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Jewish physicist Dr. Arthur Ashkin, age 96, doesn’t know the meaning of procrastination.

Five Reasons Every Jewish Family should Celebrate Sukkot and Simchat Torah

Five Reasons Every Jewish Family should Celebrate Sukkot and Simchat Torah

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One of the best ways to embrace being Jewish with joy and to transmit that love for being Jewish to our children.

9 Lesser Known Facts about Yom Kippur

9 Lesser Known Facts about Yom Kippur

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Including the mitzvah to eat a festive meal the day before the holy day.

Judging Jews

Judging Jews

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This new year I’m trying to stop labeling people.

Capturing Adolf Eichmann

Capturing Adolf Eichmann

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The true story behind one of the most famous covert missions in history.

Neil Simon and the American Jewish Experience

Neil Simon and the American Jewish Experience

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The prolific, award-winning playwright died at age 91.

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