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March Madness just can’t come early enough. Experiencing a mix of hunger and need for competition, my friend Jordan and ...

I love potatoes and I love most things fried, but honestly, I have a hard time getting down with latkes. ...

Motherlode, the parenting blog at NYTimes.com, has a really interesting post with a new twist on the age-old problem of ...

I’m feeling over-Hanukkah-ized these days. This is, granted, the week where, in Jewish media, real news moves over to make ...

I’m dying to see the new Meryl Streep movie, Doubt, about a nun with a bone to pick, but in ...

My rebbe is an awesome man. His family lives in a little falling-apart shack on the edge of Boro Park, ...

Since his death at age 98 a few weeks ago, I’ve been meaning to write a bit about Rabbi Emanuel ...

The Ponzi Scheme involving Bernie Madoff stealing some $50 Billion is kind of a big deal. I wouldn’t even know ...

In last Sunday’s New York Times, Paula Roth (no relation) covers the opening of a new bar in an area ...

We have a really nice article with some tips for someone who’s planning to give a dvar Torah.  And when ...

Hanukkah’s gonna be here before you know it. So make sure you’re stocked up on all the holiday goods — ...

Let’s face it. Lots of Jews love Christmas. Not in the celebrate-the birthday-of-our-savior way.More in the pretty-lights, catchy-tunes, days-off-of-work, and ...

This past weekend both of my sisters came into town and we had a little Vixen Shabbaton (get it? Foxes…vixens…?). ...

There’s a fascinating back-and-forth over at The Atlantic between Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi about exoticism and intermarriage in the black ...

Two of my last posts have featured my views on Jews, specifically Jordan Farmar, and their relationship with professional basketball. ...