Mixed Multitudes
Another Salita Movie?
I hate to start rumors, so I don’t mean this to be a declaration of fact. I’m really just putting ...
A Jazz Talmud
Jake Marmer is the Gen-X Jewish Beat poet who never made it to the Beat Movement, born 40 years or ...
Best of the Week
With Shabbat just a couple of hours away and the week coming to close, here’s what you may have missed ...
My Rent Is High
Back in September, I moved to a new apartment. I’d been in my old place for two years, which was ...
Wise Fridays: Fraudulent Beggars
“The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to 100 beggars even if only one ...
Hours of Chess
My schools taught me some pretty weird things. In my 11th grade gym class, we learned how to juggle. For ...
Dr Ruth and the Druze and Bedouins
Is there anyone in the world as bad-ass as Dr. Ruth? I think not. Here she is riding around the ...
The Shabbat Compromise
A while back, I gave a little plug to the National American Jewish History Museum that’s being built in Philadelphia. ...
Niddah and the Ick Factor
Pop quiz: Are you totally grossed out by the idea of period sex? My intense research has lead me to ...
A Double Standard
A couple of weeks back, we (the Jewish community) were up in arms when Rich Sanchez claimed, like so many ...