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JP Morgan, a Prostitute, and the Talmud
…And to be clear, in the following analogy, Chase is the prostitute.At a time when two-income families struggle to make ...
What’s in a Name?
One of the greatest dilemmas I faced while writing The Benderly Boys & American Jewish Education was how to refer ...
It Takes Two
As a writer, I’ve paid scant attention to the images that accompany my work. I’m usually too preoccupied with the ...
There Are Places I Remember…..
An Orthodox rabbinic colleague Rabbi Zev Farber recently posted on Morethodoxy a piece on the experience of place women have ...
In Moses Montefiore’s Footsteps
For the past ten years I’ve been travelling the world in Moses Montefiore’s footsteps. This was a man who spent ...
Sacha Baron Cohen Speaks Hebrew
Hey, did any of you see Sacha Baron Cohen on The Daily Show the other night?More specifically, did anyone notice ...
The Supreme Court and the Health Care Act – A Populist Response
I can’t seem to decide, do I want to move America “Forward” or do I “Believe in America”? I’m ...
Historians, Biographers
Dr. Abigail Green’s new book, Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero, is now available.What makes a good biography? I thought ...
Waste Not, Want Not
Forty percent of food grown in the United States gets wasted. It is left in the fields, doesn’t make it ...
A Jewish Magician at the Egyptian Theatre
When you do anything creative – from writing stories to hooking rugs – people are likely to ask you where ...
Vote for Rabbi…….
Well I did not make it to the Newsweek Rabbi list, or even the My Jewish Learning Real Top Rabbi ...
Yom Ha’atzmaut, Motorcycles Included
Tomorrow is Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day! To celebrate, we thought we’d share this mini-documentary we filmed one year at ...