Mixed Multitudes
Couldn’t Have Done 18?
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Wise Fridays: The Role of Freedom
“It is precisely because of the central role of freedom in the value system of the Bible that the liberation ...
Eat Normal Food
We’re closing in on the end of this godforsaken holiday (har!) and I can practically taste the pizza I’ll be ...
Whatever Happened to the Star Wars Marathon?
This past winter, I took a class at the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning. The class was titled “Hollywood ...
If You Don’t Use Protection, Hitler Wins
In the rowdy conversation that followed my first seder this year there was discussion of which one of my cousins ...
Bring Back Jason Castro!
A quick email exchange I had last week: Friend: Wanna meet up next Tuesday night after work? Me: Yeah, as ...
Israel: Visiting Graves, and Digging Your Own
This is Israel: Yesterday I was on a “nature trail,” which, without doubt, is an Israeli euphemism for X-treme Sports. ...
How Do You Mark Your Passover Kitchen?
Until last year, my mother did the bulk of the Passover preparations in our family, which of course included tons ...
Sephardic Traditions Make My Brain Hurt
Being home for Passover has brought back a couple of memories from my past life. For one, Canada is cold. ...
The 11th Plague: Genital Warts
This almost made my stomach as queezy as eight days of matzah: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – ...