Hannah Rubin

Hannah Rubin is a writer living in Monsey, N.Y.

The Story Behind Maine’s Kosher Paradise

Most people in Bar Harbor at the time had never met a Jew.… I would bring latkes to my daughter’s kindergarten class and talk about Chanukah, and I arranged Purim parties for whatever Jews I could find.

In Print / Features / In Memoriam

Decades Later, Burying The Ashes

By Hannah Rubin

Jewish law treats human remains with considerable respect, in accordance with a view of the body as the erstwhile dwelling of the soul.

In Print / Features

Requiem For A Bookstore

By Hannah Rubin

Judaica was everywhere: crammed on glass shelves, teetering atop narrow display cases, peeking from behind cardboard boxes in the store’s sprawling interior.

In Print / Travel

Yaya Tours – A Treat For Your Eyes And Palate

By Hannah Rubin

Particularly, Yaya Tours focuses on the post-Inquisition heritage of Sephardic Jewry, so most of their expeditions are concentrated in Southern Europe and North Africa.

In Print / Jewish Community

A Transatlantic Fund

By Hannah Rubin

The project had a dual objective: to alleviate these families’ financial woes, and to establish personal ties with them with the aim of showing that Jews in America cared.

In Print / Holidays

Undying

By Hannah Rubin

Daughters and sons were washed away: many drifted, some drowned. Each child that left the woman dealt her a fresh salvo of pain.

In Print / Supplements / Parenting Our Children

Behind Open Doors: Approaching the Open House Season

By Hannah Rubin

I feel it’s crucial that a school exudes warmth, and that I get the sense that my child will receive the attention he needs. At too many schools, one of these ideals is neglected in pursuit of the other, she says.