Thursday, February 5 2026

Falling In Love with Cincy Parks

Paper cups filled to the brim with pumpkin spice coffee? Check. Slight breeze in the air that marks the shift from eighty-five-degree weather? Check. Rust-colored leaves that you don’t remember falling, but they now cover your entire yard? Check. Halloween decorations lining the shelves at shopping centers, throwing you for a loop as you realize

I Thought Being in Your 20s Was a Fun Thing!!

Now I’m not sure who told me this, or even if someone told me this, but I was under the impression that being in your 20s was supposed to be fun.

An apple and honey in front of a brick wall. Photo by Stella Fried

A High Holidays Text Study

By Stella Fried There are many things I love about Judaism and being Jewish, and chief among them is that learning and asking questions is heavily emphasized. I have always loved learning, especially outside of a traditional classroom. I enjoy a small group setting where I get to ask all the questions I want, and

Sweetness on Hamilton Road

By Anna Selman LEBANON, OH — Plenty of families head to orchards this time of year for Instagram-ready apple picking, but this was different. I wasn’t there for a photo op. I was meeting the kindergarteners from Chai Tots—a Jewish Montessori in Mason, Ohio. They come each year ahead of Rosh HaShanah to pick apples,

A League That Feels Like Home

By Anna Selman By early September, the JCC fast‑pitch softball season had settled into its easy rhythm—the kind of Sunday mornings at Triple Creek Park that felt like a breath of fresh air in a noisy world. Two diamonds going at once. Outfielders shading their eyes. Kids hanging off the fence hollering for Dad. Dugout

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