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Special Confession
The Washington Post has an interesting article about the Vatican’s “tribunal of conscience” which is an extra special level of ...
Jewish Words and Knee-Jerk Reactions
Yesterday, Jason bolted out of his office with the news that a plane had crashed into the Hudson.Caught in conversation, ...
The Food Was a Little Salty…
Anyone watch the show Top Chef? On Wednesday night at 10 on Bravo, you can watch what I think is ...
Dropping the S Bomb
I have a friend in his fifties who has been dating for about thirty years now. He’s a smart, interesting ...
The Bible: The Cover Version
The most lasting stories are the ones that transcend circumstance–geography, culture, even linguistic and temporal idioms. An amazing, mind-blowing story ...
Raise a Glass to Coney Island
Well, it’s official: Astroland has closed, and it isn’t opening up again. Although rumors are flying everywhere (am I the ...
Liquid Love
I don’t know Molly Young, but she is about to become my new best friend.Anyone who seems to love Cel-Ray ...
Jewish Food Tourney: #2 Lox & Bagel vs #10 Gefilte Fish
That’s right! An all fish matchup.But before we get to it, I can’t write a post without mentioning that #8 ...
Holocaust Literature is Over (Maybe)
As Meredith noted recently, the Holocaust film industry is experiencing (even by Holocaust film industry standards) a very successful run, ...
You’re Doing It All Wrong: Latkes
I know latkes are so two weeks ago, but I just found this video and think it’s kind of awesome. ...
Dumb and Dumbererer
I’ve been getting a lot of Facebook invitations to ask me to attend Pro-Israel rallies the past couple of weeks.There ...
Who’s on 1st? What’s on 2nd?
It was bad enough when the 2nd Avenue Deli closed and then reopened not on 2nd Avenue. But now owner ...
Nothing Says “Change” Like the Old Country
This weekend, Washington DC is gonna be crazy town. Everyone you know and their aunt will be there (except me ...
Boxing for the Lord
Dmitriy Salita is a Ukranian-born, Brooklyn-raised boxer who, at the age of 26, has an undefeated record over 26 career ...
Fresh Take on Sex and Contemporary Jewish Lit
I’m not a big fan of Philip Roth. I know I should be and everything, but he alternately bores me ...