I get unsolicited requests to link to content all the time, but the 4th time some guy called Shimon Sandler of Kosher.com sent me an email about their 100 Best Hamantaschen Recipes of All Time, I was...
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J-Town Playhouse Makes Its Final Theatrical Debut at the AACI
This past Thursday night, after a nearly decade-long run at the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel, J-Town Playhouse made its final theatrical debut at this long-time venue with the...
Donut Time in Israel: Whose are Best?
Israel is not like America. In America, donuts are available all year round. In Israel, donuts are mostly sold during the 6 weeks before Hanukkah and in that time, many bakeries compete with each...
“I had been bested” Megan Phelps on Sam Harris Podcast
Megan Phelps Roper was on the Sam Harris podcast to talk about her recently released book Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church. My favorite part? Where she talks about...
Unfollow on Good Morning America
The first time Megan Phelps Roper and I interacted was just before Yom Kippur in 2009. In a now famous tweet she spoke about Judaism’s “dead rote rituals” and chided me for...
Sirens Across Israel – Yom Hashoah / Yom Hazikaron and then…
And then? Independence Day! Let me backtrack a bit. Every year in Israel after Passover, a siren sounds across the country to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. When the siren sounds, its tradition...