History

Sometimes the Canadian in me pops up. I try to hide it as much as I can, and I’ve even ...

I got a review copy of Jonathan Littell’s novel The Kindly Ones — a massive, 982-page paperweight of a novel ...

I’m not sure whether to be offended or amused by this — right after I professed my love for all ...

Admittedly, 770 Eastern Parkway, the biggest synagogue in Crown Heights and the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism, ...

JTA did all the work in finding this one, so they get the props for it. I’m very happy they ...

A week from today I’ll be in Trinidad. I’m vacationing in Suriname, and on the way I have a long ...

This morning I got my Hanukkah Project CD, a new compilation record. My band Chibi Vision contributed a song to ...

I’m just going to say it. It’s wrong that there are so many Jewish restaurants out there that aren’t kosher. ...

I’ve never totally understood the fascination people have with vintage cars. I have two reasons. #1) The word vintage doesn’t ...

Shabbat is starting earlier and earlier. Someone please stop the sun. It is on a reign of terror that I ...