Mixed Multitudes
Daily Show Democrats and Larry-publicans
Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...
The Kabbalah of Young-Adult Literature
Not to get too self-promulgating, but if you’re in New York, show up at the New York Public Library, Jefferson ...
Size Doesn’t Matter (Seriously)
Last night I met up with some of my old friends from the Jewish Society at Oxford, and remembered how ...
From Krakow to Krypton
I know, I know: ask and ye shall receive. The day after I blogged about the new book From Krakow ...
Better find a friend who takes good notes.
Sorry gentile college students of Toronto. That long weekend trip to Cape Cod you were planning next Rosh Hashanah is ...
Want to fix the world? There is a solution.
A recent trend in commercials about political issues is to have a close up of a famous celebrity/sad looking child’s ...
Noah, Meet Youtube.
G-dcast has been going off the hook lately. First there was the wave of Jewish blogs raving, then the Gigaom ...
Jews in Television #2: Hitting on Bubbie.
You heard me. Hitting on Bubbie.Ever see the show The Pickup Artist? Or to be more exact, The Pickup Artist ...
Mourning and the Right to Lead Davening
(Cross posted at Blog the Kaddish)Some of the rules of being a mourner seem obvious to me. I understand why ...
Klaus the Mouse in My House
Part of my hazing to New York City is, apparently, having to deal with mice in my apartment building. The ...