As I’ve previously made hints to, I’m a pretty big Sacramento Kings fan.  So when I was in Sacramento last December, it only made sense for me to go to a game.  Being the poor college student that I was, my seats were literally in the last row.
At half time, the Kings honored one of […]

Oh, yeah — we hit it again. Two parking tickets this morning, and one’s more than $100.
Man, this Rosh Hashana is shaping up to a great start.
I flipped. It’s not pleasant to say, but I felt steam coming out of my nostrils and ears. There was a very small phone, and I started yelling […]

Gizmodo, one of my favorite tech blogs, recently profiled this conceptual refrigerator, intended for roommates sharing an apartment. It prevents roommates from having to encounter each other’s rotten food messes.

But I think it would be another great appliance for kosher kitchens. One section for meat, one section for dairy, and one section for the secret […]

With Rosh Hashanah around the corner, we here at My Jewish Learning are wondering what you will use as your new fruit on Tuesday night.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, have Todd & God explain it to you.
What is your new fruit going to be on Rosh Hashanah? […]

When you’re an observant Jew and you have more than a passing interest in the non-observant world, it can cause more than a passing clash of values.
For instance, Neil Gaiman, my favorite author in the world*, is doing two readings of his new, beautiful novel The Graveyard Book in New York and Philly — both […]

Or, just reason #1 to avoid McDonalds.

Karen Hanrahan, a health and wellness consultant, bought this hamburger in 1996. (The paper is from this year; she bought it as a prop.) “Ladies, Gentleman, and children alike,” she writes on the site, “this is a chemical food. There is absolutely no nutrition here. Not one ounce of […]

I hate the High Holidays.  I know, I know.  I’m not alone.  Who actually enjoys the crowded shuls, the breakup of the weekdays, the sermons…the list goes on.
I have a different reason.  I hate round challahs.  In fact, I hate everything about the hamotzi portion of meals during the High Holidays.  Seriously, honey on challah […]

As my dad would say: If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Well, Melbourne-based chef Malki Rose is giving people an opportunity to do just that.
Her new business Made With Luv is packaging kosher meals for the High Holidays, spreading through a facebook group and the traditional Jewish word of […]

This article talks about Steven Chasin, a D.C. firefighter whose take on his Jewish identity is unusual — but, from the tenor of the article, solid enough to risk his job on. “The beard is my way of celebrating and practicing,” he told the Jerusalem Post. “The beard is making up for some of the […]

Because everybody loves a Saturday night….
The night before last, all over the world, Jews began saying Selichot, the confessional prayers that ask God to forgive us for everything we’ve done wrong in the past year.
All this week, we’ll be getting up extra early (or showing up late to work) (uh, sorry, Daniel) in order to […]