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Holiday Endurance Triathlon: Hoshana Rabbah Leg
Oh my God, you guys, the holidays have been going on FOREVER. Whenever I talked to my Jewish friends this ...
The Week That Was
This week was Sukkot. If you missed it, I guess there’s always next year. At least that’s what I tell ...
Tonight’s Gonna Be A Good Night
I feel very popular all of a sudden. For a guy who convinces himself that he watches a lot of ...
National Pierogi Day!
This week we celebrate Sukkot, which is sometimes referred to as Zman Simhateinu, the time of our happiness. Why are ...
What A Strange Sukkot
I’m going to admit something pretty sad. I’ve been a terrible Jew this Sukkot. For someone who claims that he ...
Milk & Honey (& Scotch) Cocktail
I have gotten so vocal about my love of whiskey that many of my friends show up with a bottle ...
Where in the World is Simhat Torah?
It took me about five minutes into meeting the fabulous Sean Altman to blurt out: “Ispentfiveyearsofmylifewatchingyou!”To children of the ’80s, ...
Harvest To Harvest
Just wanted to pass along a cool program that Birthright Next is having this fall. Harvest to Harvest is a ...
The Festival of Where-Should-I-Eat?-ness
Yes, Sukkot is a time of joy. In our prayers, we call it “z’man simhatenu,” which literally means “the happy ...
TSA and the Flying Lulavim
Tonight I fly from Chicago back to New York, armed with freshly laundered clothes, and a lulav and etrog. Last ...
A Note From Adonai
I’m not a frequent reader of Passive Aggressive Notes, but it’s a brilliant site, and I especially liked this note ...
Oh Cruel, Cruel World
Just when you thought it was all over, we were actually just getting started. It feels like years ago that ...