One of the advantages to being on the radar as a writer who writes about Jewish topics is that I get free stuff randomly delivered to my apartment. Usually, they’re books that I don’t...
Author - Esther Kustanowitz
Sunday in the Park With…Matisyahu
The problem I have with Matisyahu, the Lubavitch reggae superstar whose album recently went to number one on the reggae charts, is that his success means that Jewish kids everywhere are going to...
“This Piece of Halibut is Good Enough for The Flying...
With religious extremism and intra-movement dissent taking all the fun out of fundamentalism, isn’t it about time we had a parody religion, maybe focusing on a benevolent deity made of complex...
In Your Face, RH (Part Deux): Dip Your Apple in My Honey
Rosh Hashanah: a holiday that kicks off a season of repentance and new year’s resolutions that possess a certain timelessness, like “be nicer to your fellow humans,” “respect...
So Pretty, You Know It Must Be Evil
You know those movies where you meet a character who is so strikingly lovely that it’s a dead giveaway? They’re so pretty, they must be evil. (See Cillian Murphy, of Batman Begins and...
In Your Face, Rosh Hashanah!
(Apologies if the image isn’t displaying, I’m still a little new at posting pictures…) Every year (unless you’re a member of my family), you get the same old Rosh Hashanah...