Mixed Multitudes
Buying an Etrog in Brooklyn
What do you look for in an etrog? It was hard to top last year, but we had to try. ...
When Israeli Music Becomes World Music
Fool’s Gold is a truly multicultural band: Caribbean guitars, African rhythms, a big-band horn section, and American indie-rock production. And, ...
The Messiah Does Baseball Color Commentary
You don’t believe in the Messiah? You don’t think the Apocalypse is coming? As of yesterday morning, I’ll admit that ...
Dessert Hummus?! What is the World Coming To?
I love hummus. I really do. I had some this morning for breakfast. I will probably have some with dinner. ...
I Probably Won’t Be A Farmer
Being an etrog farmer must be a tough job, especially in this economy. You know, because your product is only ...
How Does Ice Cream Become Kosher?
Paul Nasrani is the owner of Adirondack Creamery, a New York State ice cream company that uses local labor and ...
The Week That Was
I can’t wait for the weekend! I have all these great things planned! I’m going to a movie on Sunday ...
Kappara: A Poem
Just in case you forgot, our recent Bad Poetry Contest netted us a vast and diverse — if not encyclopedic ...
10 Days to a Better You: Days 7-10
With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...
Wise Fridays: Do-It-Yourself Inscribing
“Inscribe us in the Book of Life.†This must be understood in a spiritual sense. When a man clings to ...
Ahmadin-A-Palooza II
This week’s UN Summit means a lot of things for a lot of people. For some, it is a chance ...
Return of the Brooklyn Chickens
I still have mixed feelings about KaparotOn one hand, the pre-Yom Kippur ritual where we transfer our sins onto some ...