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On being tangentially Jewish.
A truly baffling video advertisement for the 92Y Tribeca, where I host a monthly poetry & music open mic. It ...
Jewish Food Tourney: #2 Lox & Bagels vs #3 Challah
I’m going to have to stop predicting who will win these matchups. The voters are highly unpredictable. I wonder if ...
What Do You Know From Funny, You Bastards
One of my favorite scenes in any movie comes from the ending credits of Eddie Murphy’s 1998 classic, Coming to ...
Jewish Music: How the Other Side Lives
Yes, Jewish music is experiencing a renaissance. Between JDub, Modular Moods, and independent artists like Sarah Aroeste and Michelle Citrin, ...
Borat as Bruno Makes Over the Messiah
Sasha Baron Cohen’s upcoming movie focuses on his character Bruno, a campy gay Austrian fashion journalist. In the clip below ...
Jazz is the New Klezmer
I know — I talk about Yoshie Fruchter a lot. But he’s worth it — and he’s doing so much ...
Jewish Food Tourney: #4 Latkes vs #8 Brisket
Live from Madison Square Garden, welcome to the Final Four! Two big matches left, only one food will survive.I’m not ...
Hating “Loving Leah,” But Loving The Orthodox Girls
I never thought I’d say it — at least, in this context — but thank God that Matisyahu wears good ...
Lord of the Foods: The Quest for 16
This past Friday night, my friend Jordan and I decided to embark on the ultimate Shabbat dinner challenge. We wanted ...
Young-Adult Fiction Gone Bad
Teenagers have always been the most challenging of characters, and the most convincing. No book has quite gripped people over ...