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Out of the Extraordinary
Today on Nextbook, I wrote an article about the brilliant Motown funk of the Israeli colony of Dimona, a Hasidic ...
Jam at the Y
Tonight at the 92Y Tribeca, I’m hosting the first (hopefully — as in, hopefully there will be a second) open ...
Jews and Proposition 8
Controversy time!Have an opinion on California’s Proposition 8 banning gay marriage? You are not the only one. Check out the ...
Making High Art out of Speedos
The following preview has me so, so confused. Take Flight is a full-length documentary film about Gary Oldman’s directoral debut. ...
I guess I’m busy dyin’
Having been going to Jewish summer camp since I was nine, I have always been taught that Bob Dylan is ...
Taylor Swift’s Biblical Success
I am unabashedly overjoyed about Fearless, the new Taylor Swift album. It is freakishly good. And I’m not the only ...
The Facebook of Genesis
The ever-lovin’ Esther Kustanowitz just alerted us to the brilliant Facebook of Genesis, in which God…uh, adds a dude named ...
SwiftJews for Truth
Sorry, I’ve been in a haze since last Tuesday night. I blacked out at one point and am finally coming ...
Old School Birthing
Yesterday’s New York Times profiled the recent rise in home birthing, a concept that started out as the only option ...
Give me back my lemon bar!
The Associated Press is reporting that a man was arrested in South Florida after stealing communion bread during a church ...