As I sit on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and watch the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings in Washington D.C. for Elena Kagan’s nomination to the US...
Author - larry
Bloomsday in Uman?
There is much to remember this week. For many, June 14 honored the 200th yahrzeit of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. The Israeli government issued a stamp for this occasion, and some people stopped their...
Mazel Tov on Your Retirement
Dearest Helen: Mazel Tov on your retirement from the White House Press Corps. Will they be auctioning off your front row seat for charity? I will bid on it. Can I make my pledge out for the NIF or...
You Mean I’m Not a Khazar?
Yesterday, The American Journal of Human Genetics (Cell.com) published a paper titled, Abraham’s Children in the Genome Era: Major Jewish Diaspora Populations Comprise Distinct Genetic Clusters...
Posing Nude(ish) for Shavuot-ish ?
As Erev Shavuot arrives, word from Los Angeles and the LA Jewish Journal is that one of Tiger Woods’ former mistresses, the Jewish one, will pose partially nude or naked for Playboy magazine...
Will your U.S. Hillel or JWV Post No Longer be Tax Exempt?
Who does the bell toll for on May 17, 2010 in the United States? It might toll for thee, or at least for thou non-profit group. May 17, 2010, is the deadline for small non profit groups to file a tax...