culture
Schindler’s List and Hip-Hop Remembrance
When I was in Junior Congregation services at OCJCC-BI in Philadelphia, we spent Tisha B’Av — the holiday that’s the ...
Joshua Braff Goes to 770
On Monday, Joshua Braff wrote about falling in love and chasing girls at a Jewish day school. He has been blogging ...
JewishFood Contest Winner: The Love Potion Kugel
Over on our JewishFood facebook page we just finished running a Jewish food contest, searching for the best homemade Jewish ...
Love at Hillel Academy
On Monday, Joshua Braff wrote about kissing girls at Jewish day schools . He will be blogging all this week for ...
Anne Frank Gets Graphic
Recently I mentioned that there’s a new YA novel out about Anne Frank, told from the perspective of Peter, the ...
Memories of Hillel Academy: Part I
Joshua Braff is the author of the novel Peep Show. He will be blogging all this week for the Jewish Book Council ...
Like Holy Rollers, But True
I didn’t get a chance to see Holy Rollers, the movie about Hasidic kids who get involved smuggling drugs into ...
As Long As They Don’t Get Any Bright Ideas About Gefilte Fish
On these sweltering summer days, we’re all dreaming about ice cream. But when you dream about ice cream does your ...
The Quality of Mercy is Not Strain’d
Yesterday night I went to see The Merchant of Venice at the Public Theater in New York. Shakespeare in the ...
Jaron Will Pray For You
Remember way back in 2001 there was that band, Evan and Jaron, and they were Jewish brothers who made catchy ...