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What A Strange Sukkot

I’m going to admit something pretty sad. I’ve been a terrible Jew this Sukkot. For someone who claims that he ...

Milk & Honey (& Scotch) Cocktail

I have gotten so vocal about my love of whiskey that many of my friends show up with a bottle ...

Where in the World is Simhat Torah?

It took me about five minutes into meeting the fabulous Sean Altman to blurt out: “Ispentfiveyearsofmylifewatchingyou!”To children of the ’80s, ...

Harvest To Harvest

Just wanted to pass along a cool program that Birthright Next is having this fall. Harvest to Harvest is a ...

The Festival of Where-Should-I-Eat?-ness

Yes, Sukkot is a time of joy. In our prayers, we call it “z’man simhatenu,” which literally means “the happy ...

TSA and the Flying Lulavim

Tonight I fly from Chicago back to New York, armed with freshly laundered clothes, and a lulav and etrog. Last ...

A Note From Adonai

I’m not a frequent reader of Passive Aggressive Notes, but it’s a brilliant site, and I especially liked this note ...

Oh Cruel, Cruel World

Just when you thought it was all over, we were actually just getting started. It feels like years ago that ...

I Probably Won’t Be A Farmer

Being an etrog farmer must be a tough job, especially in this economy. You know, because your product is only ...

The Week That Was

I can’t wait for the weekend! I have all these great things planned! I’m going to a movie on Sunday ...

Kappara: A Poem

Just in case you forgot, our recent Bad Poetry Contest netted us a vast and diverse — if not encyclopedic ...

10 Days to a Better You: Days 7-10

With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...