culture
Reading A.M. Klein
In my latest column for the Jerusalem Post, I examine the work of a wonderful, though virtually forgotten, North American ...
Norman Mailer
We’ve managed, though not aimed, to omit from the blog the passing of writer Norman Mailer last Saturday. Rather than ...
Why Can’t Jews Fight Crime Too?
So, a couple of months ago I’m visiting my parents for the High Holidays and I’m watching Letterman, and Dave ...
That’s Irving Spiderman to You!
Around 2002 when the first Spider-Man movie came out, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart joked that now that Spidey was ...
Rummikub
When I was in college, a popular Israel advocacy technique was to inform the campus of “cool facts” about Israel.“Did ...
Feed Me Bubbe
While trying to find some cooking demonstrations online, I came across a gem in “Feed Me Bubbe.”Basically Avrom plays host ...
The Hebrew Language
-When and why did the “v” become “b,” so that the Hebrew, “Ivrit,” became the English “Hebrew”? (Haaretz) -Why have ...
Vegging Out
It was an honest mistake on our part. We were too busy celebrating Jewish Social Action Month for most of ...
Even the ADL Must be Cringing
Few things make us more uncomfortable than potentially dubious claims of antisemitism. One thing that does: obviously dubious claims of ...
Perfected
ObamaGirl, aka Leah Kauffman, is back with her “wish” to be perfected just as Ann Coulter wants. It’s not nearly ...