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And the High Priest goes in for the field goal…

In the mid-’90s, Israeli television personality Gil Kopatch brought Rabbi Mordechai Gafni on his sports/talk/news show to discuss the weekly ...

Yesterday, in London, Israeli President Shimon Peres was honored by the Queen of England by becoming a knight. I tried ...

JTA is currently featuring an article about the challenge of choosing a name for a Jewish baby, so I thought ...

An update on the evolution debate my home state of Crazyland, aka Texas. Just before the school year, the board ...

In recent months I have received a flurry of wedding invitations. I have also been helping plan my sister’s wedding, ...

The L.A. Times ran a piece a few days ago on Muslim punk-rock teenagers, which mostly served as an excuse ...

So it’s that time of the year when many people start buying calendars for next year. And some nice Jewish ...

Last week an older man who I know from various minyanim on the Upper West Side mentioned that he was ...

Shalom TV is starting up a war! Everybody hit the floor so you don’t get hit!In an interview this week ...

Today on Nextbook, I wrote an article about the brilliant Motown funk of the Israeli colony of Dimona, a Hasidic ...

Okay, I just followed a Google Ad which led to a website advertising this book — a 636-page edition, limited ...

Last night I went to the Mechon Hadar beit midrashÂ for a session on prayer leaders, and what qualities a ...

(Editor’s Note: I’m not a creep.)Last year, when the writer’s strike in Hollywood was in full effect, I had plenty ...

Tonight at the 92Y Tribeca, I’m hosting the first (hopefully — as in, hopefully there will be a second) open ...

Controversy time!Have an opinion on California’s Proposition 8 banning gay marriage? You are not the only one. Check out the ...