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Hitler Is Totally Embarrassed by How Often We Throw His Name Around
So, apparently I like to blog about: sex, independent minyanim, text study, mourning, and Hitler. For those of you who ...
Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?
This is one of those questions that most writers are inevitably asked. For me, the answer is different every time.The ...
The Jerusalem Controversies
All that talk about possible freezes on Jewish construction near and in east Jerusalem is meaningless, reports Abe Selig, because ...
How Kosher is Kosher Salt?
I remember the first time I saw Kosher Salt listed as an ingredient in a recipe I was making. It ...
Go to Israel, Fall in Love
Nefesh B’Nefesh is getting in the matchmaking game to the surprise of approximately no one. This Ynet article discusses a ...
The Cover of Anita Diamant’s New Novel: The Director’s Cut
My new novel, Day after Night, is based on the true story of the October 1945 rescue of more than ...
Use Condoms! Or Else It’s Like Having Sex With Hitler!
I would really like to be in the meeting at the advertising agency where someone brings up using Hitler in ...
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 ...
Birthright Makes It Rain
Birthright has done me well. I’ve gotten a lot of free things from them. Key chains. Coffee mugs. Lots of ...
What Can Jews Learn from the Fast of Ramadan?
Every year, during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims around the world observe a month-long fast. This fast, ...
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 ...