August 2010

East Coast Food Cart

A little while back, I blogged about a brand new kosher taco truck in Los Angeles. Needless to say, my ...

The Job of Being Jewish

On Monday, Laurel Snyder wrote about writing a book about inclusion and diversity. She is the author of the picture ...

Jonathan Franzen’s Jewish Mistake

Over at Tablet, Marc Tracy takes a “Jewish” look at Jonathan Franzen’s forthcoming novel, Freedom , and quibbles with its ...

The Worst Wrestler in History

I’ve been feeling a little bit nostalgic lately for professional wrestling. I’ve mentioned on this blog before that I would ...

Poetry Contest — Get It in Now!

How are you feeling about the New Year? Excited? Trepidatious? Nervous? Whatever’s going around in your head, you should get ...

Get Over Yourself, It’s Elul

When I was in Jewish day school (all hellish thirteen years) I came to expect that in the weeks leading ...

How Baxter Came to Be

Laurel Snyder is the author of the picture book Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher. She will be ...

Best of the Week

With the week coming to a close, let’s take a look at some of the things you may have missed ...

Death of a Hip-Hop Jew

It kind of sucks to find out about a great story of someone’s Jewish journey through hearing about their untimely ...

The Jewish Background of Strange Fruit

Yesterday night I listened to an NPR story about the history of the song Strange Fruit, made famous by Billie ...