Mixed Multitudes

The L.A. Times ran a piece a few days ago on Muslim punk-rock teenagers, which mostly served as an excuse ...

So it’s that time of the year when many people start buying calendars for next year. And some nice Jewish ...

Last week an older man who I know from various minyanim on the Upper West Side mentioned that he was ...

Shalom TV is starting up a war! Everybody hit the floor so you don’t get hit!In an interview this week ...

Today on Nextbook, I wrote an article about the brilliant Motown funk of the Israeli colony of Dimona, a Hasidic ...

Okay, I just followed a Google Ad which led to a website advertising this book — a 636-page edition, limited ...

Last night I went to the Mechon Hadar beit midrash  for a session on prayer leaders, and what qualities a ...

(Editor’s Note: I’m not a creep.)Last year, when the writer’s strike in Hollywood was in full effect, I had plenty ...

Tonight at the 92Y Tribeca, I’m hosting the first (hopefully — as in, hopefully there will be a second) open ...

Controversy time!Have an opinion on California’s Proposition 8 banning gay marriage? You are not the only one. Check out the ...