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Holocaust in the News

A potential convert finds himself “never able to connect emotionally with the Nazi genocide as so many of my fellow ...

The Messiah Is Coming

This morning on the way to work, an old Israeli guy in an undershirt and suspenders was standing outside, watching ...

Faster, Faster: Asara B’Tevet

Today is the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, and as such is a minor fast day. You ...

Yiddish revivalist ’70s pop

My newest Nextbook music column covers singer-songwriter Avi Fox-Rosen and the revival of the ’70s Yiddish pop singers The Barry ...

There’s No Business like Shoah Business

Someone recently asked me “Have you seen that new movie? You know, the one about the Holocaust?” You mean anything ...

Taqwacore wisdom

All weekend I’ve continued my obsession with Michael Muhammad Knight’s book The Taqwacores, which follows a bunch of young Muslim ...

Kaddish: It’s Different for a Girl

I haven’t written much about actually saying Kaddish in the past few months, partially because it has become so much ...

Jewish Food Tourney: #6 Apples & Honey vs #11 Matzah, #7 Hamentashen vs #10 Gefilte Fish

5 matches. No upsets. That’s just the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. I tried to push for Manischewitz Wine, but ...

New Year’s is More Important than Shabbat

Matthue just read the title of this post and passed out.New Year’s is always a weird time for me. Lately, ...

Depression and Prayer

A few years ago, right about the time I was becoming religious, I started getting hit with Seasonal Affective Disorder. ...

Jewish Food Tourney: #4 Latkes vs #13 Manischewitz Wine, #5 Cholent vs #12 Honey Cake

We got another doubleheader for you today. But first, thanks to everyone for voting. This tournament is getting higher ratings ...

Matisyahu: Return of the “King”

Although I can’t actually remember whether he played “King Without a Crown,” that iconoclastic first single that a friend swore ...

Israeli Government Twitters the War

It’s mostly PR, but it’s a kind of PR that the Israeli government hasn’t historically shown the capability to produce ...

The Holocaust, the First War in Lebanon, and Gaza Today

Last night a friend and I went to go see Waltz With Bashir, the animated Israeli film about memories of ...

Do Apples Even Grow in Germany?

Herman Rosenblatt has become famous for his amazing story of how he met his wife. He claimed that while he ...

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