So, CK and Laya are trapped in New York under a blanket of 17 feet of snow, so I’m taking over the Jewlicous Conference! Now, every panel will be about dating, New York, and getting along with...
Author - Esther Kustanowitz
Reaching Out
Even if the Zach Braff and Mandy Moore engagement turns out to be a rumor, we need to face the facts of life in this 21st century: intermarriage is a very real trend…we may not like it or...
Single Semite of the Month
That’s it…I’m proclaiming my own series. One could argue that I already inaugurated this series last week with the story about Lisa Loeb’s quest for a nice Jewish boy. But...
Shabbat Shalom
I know this isn’t a picture of Jews or of Israel, but it was taken by a Jewess, if that counts for anything…and besides, someone wanted a less disturbing image going into Shabbat, so I...
“Onat HaAviv L’Hitler, B’Germania…”
When I was a camper at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, we were always performing plays that had been translated into Hebrew, or an approximation of Hebrew. This was a lovely gesture toward the national...
Trying to Find a Nice Jewish Boy Who’ll “Stay”
Lisa’s 37, Ivy-League-educated, single for the first time in over a decade, and is looking for a nice Jewish boy. She wears glasses (not unlike the ones I just paid a fortune for on the Upper...