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Baba Sali: The Messiah Is Coming

The Internet has been around for a while — and, while the immediacy of the medium is unsurpassed in spreading ...

What Do You Know From Funny, You Bastards

One of my favorite scenes in any movie comes from the ending credits of Eddie Murphy’s 1998 classic, Coming to ...

Jewish Music: How the Other Side Lives

Yes, Jewish music is experiencing a renaissance. Between JDub, Modular Moods, and independent artists like Sarah Aroeste and Michelle Citrin, ...

Dear Pope, For Serious? Sincerely, Tamar

Well, it’s a real shitstorm over at the Vatican since Pope Benedict lifted the excommunication that had been imposed on ...

Borat as Bruno Makes Over the Messiah

Sasha Baron Cohen’s upcoming movie focuses on his character Bruno, a campy gay Austrian fashion journalist. In the clip below ...

Ahmadinejad Is Jewish

It was only a matter of time until someone came out and said it, right? Granted, the person saying so ...

Jazz is the New Klezmer

I know — I talk about Yoshie Fruchter a lot. But he’s worth it — and he’s doing so much ...

Jewish Food Tourney: #4 Latkes vs #8 Brisket

Live from Madison Square Garden, welcome to the Final Four! Two big matches left, only one food will survive.I’m not ...

Atheist Rap

I bet I’d like Richard Dawkins more if he actually rapped like this.

Hating “Loving Leah,” But Loving The Orthodox Girls

I never thought I’d say it — at least, in this context — but thank God that Matisyahu wears good ...

Two for the Price of One

You know that joke about the only Jew in a small town? He is giving a tour of the town ...

Mourning Stinks

On Sunday afternoon I went to mincha/maariv at an Orthodox synagogue in my neighborhood. Last week some random lady there ...

Lord of the Foods: The Quest for 16

This past Friday night, my friend Jordan and I decided to embark on the ultimate Shabbat dinner challenge. We wanted ...

The Boys Boys from Brazil

Not a typo: There’s a village in Brazil where one out of every five births produces twins, most of them ...

Has Qaddafi Gone Bonkers?

Yo Qaddafi, where’s the hate, dude?What happened man? You were the Ahmadinejad of the 1990s! Sanctions were put on Libya! ...

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