Mixed Multitudes
Jam at the Y
Tonight at the 92Y Tribeca, I’m hosting the first (hopefully — as in, hopefully there will be a second) open ...
Jews and Proposition 8
Controversy time!Have an opinion on California’s Proposition 8 banning gay marriage? You are not the only one. Check out the ...
The Best Learning You’ll Do Offline–Yeshivat Hadar
During the summer of 2007 I was a fellow at the first summer of Yeshivat Hadar, an intensive 8-week egalitarian ...
Hasidic Boy Dies
I just wanted to update everyone on the situation of Motl Brody, the 12 year old boy who was on ...
Just Like The Sopranos, But With Thicker Chest Hair
A known Israeli mobster, Yaakov Alperon, was assassinated on Monday in Tel Aviv. Alperon’s car blew up, killing him and ...
Making High Art out of Speedos
The following preview has me so, so confused. Take Flight is a full-length documentary film about Gary Oldman’s directoral debut. ...
National Adoption Day
Today is National Adoption Day, which you may have guessed by the title of this blog post and also by ...
Sderot in the News
Yesterday evening, I had one of those rare moments when I found myself watching the evening news (Truth be told, ...
New Jewish Foodie Blog
Ruti Abusch-Magder, a scholar-in-residence at the University of Chicago Hillel is doing outreach based around food and gender (sometimes together, ...
Obama Introspection
In the wake of Barack Obama’s victory, there’s been quite a bit of laudable introspection on behalf of the Jewish ...