A fascinating discussion took place the other day about the changes a new editor-in-chief of a major Jewish publication has been making. Having taken over as the new editor-in-chief of the Jewish...
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Fascinating and Insightful Panel on Engaging with Millenial Jews at JFNA’s General Assembly
It is no secret that the organized Jewish community is struggling to connect with the younger generations, whether Generation X, The Oregon Trail Generation, or Millenials. The Jewish Federations of...
Rabbi Ed Feinstein Speaks at JFNA’s GA, Evoking Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
This morning, Rabbi Ed Feinstein delivered an impassioned speech at the morning plenary session of the annual General Assembly event of the Jewish Federations of North America. In the speech, which...
Jewish Pirate Movie Premiering Next Week at LA Jewish Film Festival
“Ahoy matey!” or “Oy matey!”? A new short film featuring Jewish pirates will be making its world premiere next week. The 10-minute short film, “The Pirate Captain Toledano”...
A Chabad Rabbi Tries Claiming that Jewish Denominational Labels Don’t Matter [but unconvincingly]
Less than a week ago, an opinion piece appeared on the Jewish Week’s website that I’ve seen that has been shared at least a dozen times on friends’ Facebook pages but often without...
Picturing Rabbis: Rabbis on Instagram
Having written about my using of Instagram, I wanted to see how many rabbis are using Instagram. So, I ran a search of “Rabbi” on Instagram, I discovered there are not that many rabbis...
A Lesson I Learned from Rabbi Avi Weiss Starting Up Yeshivat MaHaRaT
A little over four years ago, while perusing Twitter, I was shocked to see, what I thought was a joke tweet. It stated that Yeshivat Maharat would be starting up. I clicked on the link in the tweet...
A Rabbi Draws Talmudic Lesson Parallels from Making Cocktails
Since getting interested in cocktails and making them over a half-year ago, as well as learning about spirits and liqueurs in the process, I had decided a few months ago to embark upon a project of...