If you are, you probably belong at Heebonism…I have to admit that Christmas Carol Karaoke does intrigue me (while strip dreidel does not, actually)…and Heebonism is happening in five...
Author - Esther Kustanowitz
So, You Want to Be A Religious Sex Counselor?
[cross-posted from JDaters Anonymous] The JTA reports that Modern Orthodoxy continues its much-needed push toward modernity with the establishment of a new program designed to teach women to become...
“You Don’t Mess” With the Sandler
In his new movie, Adam Sandler plays an ex-Israeli Mossad agent who moves to New York to be a hairdresser. (Hi, and welcome back to “Movie Plots Created by Mad Libs.”) It’s called...
“Hava Nagila” Climbs British Charts…
Hold me, hold me…move our bodies, baby let’s dance… It’s ok to let go it’s ok to if you wanna show…it’s all right it’s ok, baby let’s dance...
Could “Vacation” Be an Oscar Contender?
I recently attended a press screening of “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,” a film from Brazil told in Portuguese and Yiddish, and reviewed it for Beliefnet. The story is told...
Israel Makes Me Laugh, Cry and Go “Huh?”
There’s something about Israel. (And it’s not the same “Something” that there was about Mary.) PresenTense is in the middle of planning our Israel issue, which has me...