In the words of our Tony Award winning Broadway equity actor and Platt Family Singers friend, Ben Platt, “The things that make you strange are the things that make you powerful.” The...
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Hmmm.. why no women on the Chief Rabbi’s Blacklist?
Did Your Rabbi Make The List? I am not concerned about Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s “Blacklist” of about 160 rabbis it does not trust to confirm that immigrants are identifiably...
Goldstein’s Swastika and Goldstone’s PR Prowess
What’s up with The New York Times and the swastika zeitgeist? About seven months ago, Logan Jaffe wrote “Confronting Racist Objects” about some readers who were distressed over...
Jay Z’s 4:44: Alarm Clock, Torah Portion, or Jewish Real Estate Message?
On June 30, 2017, American musician Jay-Z released “4:44,” his 13th solo compilation and fourteenth studio compilation of songs. The Roc Nation release was primarily produced by No I.D...
ShivaWatch: Ms. Michaels, Sarasota’s Goldstein, Paris’ Veil & a London Lord
Ms. Sheila Babs Michaels, a leading feminist as well as a humanitarian, biblical scholar and civil rights activist, who has been credited with coining the title “Ms.”, passed away in New...
Pasta Amatrice Not So Kosher, But Soccer Amatrice Is
Pasta all’Amatrice is not so kosher. It takes its name from Amatrice, in Lazio’s municipality of Rieti. The sauce uses pork cheeks, and bucatini, a long, tubular form of pasta. Soccer...
NYTimes Loves Hebrew (National), Scottish Felons Love Lox, and Other Newsbits
The New York Times held a rare taste test of a minyan of Hot Dogs, and … Hebrew National’s kosher wieners – while not the longest – came out on top. The test was...
Hayarkon Loved Britney… Herzog Not As Much… You Better Work, Mitch
Over 54,000 attended a concert in Tel Aviv by Britney Spears on Monday evening, July 3. Many media outlets, some “toxic,” focused on the mob scenes that her fans and the press created...