Author - Laya Millman
Shabbat Shalom from Bangkok
Like any good Israeli, I’ve gone East. I’m currently in Bangkok, Thailand and about to spend Shabbat with Chabad. Bangkok is an amazing city, and I feel right at home, given that not only...
A Brief History of Their Fearless Leader
A Brooklyn-based friend of mine recently sent me an email I begged her to let me publish. My friend will remain anonymous out of fear that Charlotte Kates will bring her friends over and throw rocks...
Do people who dedicate their lives to helping animals ever get called self-hating humans?
I don’t know, but at least it gives me some reason to post about this amazing article on elephants in the NYTimes (very long, very worth it). Between social structure, funeral rites and...
A Jewish Movie and an Arab Film Festival walk into a bar…
51 Birch Street, the story of a Jewish family who bought into the suburban American dream as told after the mother’s death is getting critical acclaim around the globe. In addition to being...
What makes a “good Jew”?
He may not be “Jewish”, but he’s smart. Isn’t that close enough? An article in Jewsweek has Tel Aviv artist Orit, praising the refreshing virtues of dating a non-Jew. You see...
A Yom Kippur “Tipping Point”
From Rav Binny: If you would have collected a group of world- renowned military strategists on October 6th, 1973, and asked them, at 4p.m. Israel time, for a prognosis on the status of the events...
Jesus Camp
One of the best things about blogging is getting free stuff, like free trips to Israel, and free books and movie screeners. And thus is born this review. Thanks Magnolia Films! Jesus camp is the new...