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Shimon Peres on The Globalization of Peace
Last night, Shimon Peres, the President of Israel spoke at NYU on the Globalization of Peace. Although President Peres spoke ...
Digging Your Own Graveyard Book
When you’re an observant Jew and you have more than a passing interest in the non-observant world, it can cause ...
Help me Natalie Portman. You’re my only hope.
I’m not sure of many things. But one thing I am sure of is that Natalie Portman and I are ...
Rosh Hashana in Antarctica
A couple of days ago, we received this email: I am a Jew working in Antarctica as part of the ...
How to Repent Right
The idea of repentance always fills me with performance anxiety. Most of it’s due to the prayer service, which starts ...
The Great Schlep
My parents aren’t grandparents yet. And this would be a really awkward way to tell them I’m pregnant, which I’m ...
No need for TiVo
I’ve been looking forward to the Presidential Debates for a while. Last week though, I looked at a calendar and ...
Reason to keep kosher #1084….
Or, just reason #1 to avoid McDonalds. Karen Hanrahan, a health and wellness consultant, bought this hamburger in 1996. (The ...
Rosh Hashana round-up
HighHolidayService.com is a great way to find a Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur service near you. (Thanks to Jeff Seidel ...
Why can’t the year be braided?
I hate the High Holidays. I know, I know. I’m not alone. Who actually enjoys the crowded shuls, the breakup ...
Jewish New Year’s Countdowns
It’s the end of the year, at least the Jewish one, and the countdown lists are beginning. Galei Tzahal will ...
Next Year in Cooperstown!
When I was a kid, I, like many others, wanted to be a professional athlete. It seemed like a pretty ...
Rosh Hashanah cooking done right
As my dad would say: If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Well, Melbourne-based chef Malki ...
Denominationalism
Leaders of the UK’s three non-Orthodox religious movements (Reform, Liberal, and Masorti), which together account for about one-third of Britain’s ...
Georgia on My Mind
Today at the office, we were talking about traditional Rosh Hashanah food. Black-eyed peas, primarily as a Sephardic custom, came ...