Mixed Multitudes
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 ...
Shotgun Not Inviting Him To My Seder
I sure hope Mahmoud Ahmadinejad knows how to swim. Because when he wipes Israel, and consequently Jews, off the map, ...
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 ...
Anne Frank & the Scandals of the Catholic Church
Today the New York Times reports on the only known video of Anne Frank, which was recently posted on YouTube ...
Goldstone Report Roundup
UN investigator Richard Goldstone says that says both Israel, and the Palestinians should be referred to UN Security Council for ...
Wise Fridays: God’s Speech
What is taken as God’s speech is really always man’s hearing…that God is not the strategist of our particularities or ...
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 ...