Celebrate

Living Actively

Our partner, The Samuel Bronfman Foundation, regularly hosts Jewish study sessions on a variety of different topics.  Last week, they ...

The Debate Rages On

Every year, after Labor Day, as summer comes to a close and the leaves start to change colors, a fight ...

Kanye, Meet the Apologenator 5000

This Kanye West guy has got to go away. I’ve never really been a fan (I mean, except for this ...

Oh, Honey Honey!

Taste-testing apples and honey. Apples and honey are the quintessential Rosh Hashanah snack. We eat them and hope that we ...

The Best of the Week

Soooooooooooooooooooo…what happened this week? Funny you should ask, kids. Funny you should ask.Plenty of Rosh Hashanah stuff for you to ...

Todd & God Want To Remind You About Fruit

I feel like it was just yesterday that I broke my fast from Yom Kippur and thought, “Well, thank God ...

Shofar: The Movie

What is a shofar? What do its calls — tekiah, shevarim, teruah — mean? Why does it send a chill ...

Elul: I Am My Beloved’s…But I’m Not Only That

For the month of Elul, I’ve been trying to get myself into shape. One of the things that Rebbe Nachman ...

Best Of The Rest Of The Best (Of The Rest)

I’ll start with some advice. Never take an overnight bus anywhere, especially for a family gathering. All you get is ...

Wise Fridays: How to Desecrate Shabbat

When such acts [that desecrate Shabbat in order to save a life] are done, they are not to be done ...

Yom Kippur or Eternal Damnation? The Choice Is Yours.

Here’s a discussion I had last night. If your favorite baseball team was playing in the World Series on the ...

Why? Why? Why? Why Not?

Why did Nixon refuse to compel Israel to join the nuclear non-proliferation regime? (Ha’aretz)Why are the “days between the times“–so ...