From the Raven: Happy Holy Days? (Column)
Navigating holy days for those lacking faith, but spiritually inclined, requires looking for new customs (and writing about them!)
By Leah Eichler,
I grew up in an Orthodox Jewish environment and for many years, was a devout believer. While some of it was traumatizing, I do remember with fondness, on the evening before Passover, looking through each corner of my grandparents’ apartment with a candle, searching for even a crumb of bread.
Now, my adherence to tradition can at best be …