Study
Barbra Streisand’s Yentl
The significance of this 1983 film based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story.
HaOrot – The Music of Rav Kook’s Inner Bebop Child
I did not expect this. When I got the package in the mail, it definitely felt like a CD. But ...
Today in History
On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirt Factory Fire occurred in New York City, killing more than 150 people: A ...
News from the Borscht Belt Kiffiyah.
This is what happens, when Jews stop visiting Kutsher’s. (Ht:JTA)
Shabbat at South by Southwest
Alan Jay Sufrin and Miriam Brosseau form Stereo Sinai, a self-described “biblegum pop” band based in Chicago, IL. This week, ...
Palestinian Hip-Hop Meets Tupac
An entry on the new Scorchin’ Torah blog sets up a series of interesting comparisons — first, between a new ...
Open Mouth, Don’t Insert Foot
Last night a friend of mine really upset me. I know it wasn’t intentional, but she said something that sent ...
Israel: The Need to Rebrand
Last night, I had dinner with Ronald Lauder and some other folks who tackled a lot of different political, philosophical, ...
Interview: The Idan Raichel Project
Only a few years ago, Idan Raichel was just some dreadlocked guy in a Tel Aviv basement, composing music on ...