I am watching The Wellsprings and Yael Mayer is about to go on. The show is taking place at the Mint in LA, I am watching from Jerusalem and the MC, Rabbi Yonah, just gave me a shout out. It’s...
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The Week of Jewish “WTF!!?”
The Smurfs, Foreskin Man, Russel Crowe and Leonard Nimoy conspire to make me exclaim “WTF!!?” First French Sociologist and lecturer at the famous Sciences Po in Paris, Antoine Buéno...
Ernest Hemingway, Hard Drinking, Manliness, Marty Beckerman and the Jews
Whining is for women; whiskey is for men. The only shoulder a man cries on is marinated beef chuck, and the only tears he cries are tears of joy. “You don’t want to mix emotions up with a...
Why do we Eat Dairy Products on Shavuot?
Tonight begins the holiday of Shavuot, commemorating the giving of the Torah to the Jews on Mount Sinai. This holiday is usually celebrated by the consumption of one dairy meal. The question is, why...
Matisyahu Moustache Madness (and Massive Summer Tour!)
Yup. It’s a 50 city tour starting in Guam (??), winding through the US and ending in Montreal and Toronto for our friend Matisyahu this summer. The schedule is bold and hectic but we’re...
Full Text of President Obama’s Speech to AIPAC Conference 2011
Here it is. Completed moments ago. Let the assessments begin! I watched this with 3 elderly Kurdish/Iraqi women. They were both skeptical and sympathetic. They noted the grey in his hair and said...