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...
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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...