Il Papa Can You Hear Me? Last week, Pope Benedict XVI (not to be confused with SuperBowl XLIII) rehabilitated Bishop Richard Williamson, an unrepentant Holocaust denier. Williamson has said that...
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Is It Time To Bypass Citgo Stations?
The news from Caracas today was sad. Armed thugs broke into one of the oldest synagogues in Venezuela’s capital, overpowered guards, desecrated and vandalized the property and Torahs, and...
Change Comes to Washington, But Perhaps Not to The Rabbinate
Three Steins Help Launch The New Administration: LookStein, SaperStein, and an EpStein: One of my favorite Manhattan shuls is Kehilath Jeshurun, and one of my favorite rabbis and teachers is its...
Sundance 2009 opens with a Jewish Film
What do get a film festival on its 25th anniversary? Paper? China? Silver? Mostly, I think, you skip the gift, be eco-friendly, dress warmly, and just show up to the best of the indie film festivals...
Escaping the Gaza News via the Cinema
With the news continuing from Gaza and Israel each day, I decided to escape through cinema, and see some films in NYC over the past few weeks. Looking through the offerings, what could I see? Well...
Eight Books for 8 Days: A Ticklish Topic on Day 3
DAY 3 in America and as the candles grow in number, I am thinking of a book from the West Coast about a turn of the century trade in ticklish bird feathers, that at first employed many Jews, but by...
How Do You Like Them Apples? I Don’t
In a recessionary wartime, we need a little love story. There is one that has appeared in the “Chicken Soup for The Soul” series. And many were anticipating it in February 2009, when...
Eight Books for 8 Days: What Does B&N Know That I Don’t
DAY 2 in America: Eight books to read while the candles glow. What does the Barnes and Noble near Manhattan’s Lincoln Center and Julliard School know that I don’t? Their table of Hanukkah...