US Weekly, a weekly celebrity news magazine reports that actress Zooey Deschanel, like the biblical Ruth, and Sammy and Liz, has become a member of the Tribe. The star of the Fox channel sitcom, The...
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Taubman Auction – Off To a Rocky Start
Last evening in Manhattan, Sotheby’s kicked off the first four auctions at a red-carpeted gala event. The auctions feature the art collection of the late A. Alfred Taubman, a former owner and...
Transgender Jews in Orlando; Achtung Must Be Paid, Biff; and Other Newsbits
In Orlando, Florida, this week, many of the leaders of Reform Judaism are meeting. On Thursday, the group is expected to pass a far-reaching resolution on transgender rights. The resolution under...
The Canadian Jacket That Fights Holocaust Deniers
Remember four years ago, when John Galliano, the British fashion designer for Givenchy and Dior, was drunk and insulted Jews and vomited a string of anti-Semitic comments? Two years later he atoned...
Is Your Rabbi Jewish and Other Rabbi Tales
I was surprised to read about Rabbi Karen Deitsch in my latest issue of ELLE, the beauty magazine. In a profile titled “Is This The Face of New New Age,” Chip Brown profiled several...
JewliciousEats: The $2 Bagel
World Series, Violence, Presidential Debates, Refugees…. all pressing news, but the news that touches me the most is the $2 bagel in NYC. I am a fan of Absolute Bagels on Manhattan’s...
Newsbits, Nunchucks, Nattering Nabobs, and No More Sex Questions
So much news of interest being generated: The Gibor HaErev – Hero of the Evening – last night on Israel TV was Yair Ben Shabat, who used his nunchucks to aid in the neutralizaton of a...
Muscle Tough – And Other Holiday Sermons
Well, we made it through Elul, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and the first days of Sukkot so far. That’s a lot of sermons to absorb. What were some of your favorites? Here are some of mine. One NYC...